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Last spring, Mayor Ed Koch became so concerned about Sheldon Silver's leadership of the State Assembly he threatened to run against Silver for his lower East Side Assembly seat on NY1.

We are so disappointed in his leadership we are sending thousands of postcards to prime Democratic voters in his district encouraging them to write Mayor Koch and ask him to run against Silver. Here's one:

Please drop Mayor Koch your own postcard and ask him to run. Send it to
Mayor Koch, c/o Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, NY 11747


Click here to see a larger version of the postcard.
To view the above link, you'll need to click the following: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Just read excerpts from two Daily News columns Mayor Koch wrote about Silver:

Click on Mayor Ed Koch's column in the Daily News dated May 28, 1999:
Commuter-Tax Killers Should Be Voted Out
Here is an excerpt:
"J'accuse Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of committing high crimes and misdemeanors, namely treason, against the people of New York City. It was Silver who made possible the devastating repeal of the city's commuter tax, whose death warrant Governor Pataki signed yesterday.
In a vain attempt to assist the Democratic candidate in a Rockland County Senate race, Silver joined forces with the State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who wanted to aide the Republican candidate."

Click on Mayor Ed Koch's column in the Daily News dated August 6, 1999:
Time to Throw Albany Rascals Out of Office
Here is an excerpt:
"In New York, we have Legislature so brazen and unresponsive to its constituents that 25 Assembly Democrats and four Senate Democrats, all from New York City, voted to eliminate the commuter tax, which will cost the city $380 million annually.
Each Assembly member, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), shamelessly and hypocritically claims the vote was in the best interest of the city and expects to be relected by the very people he or she betrayed."

Archive of Print Stories on S4R

NY Times Story
Students Put Pressure on Legislators
by Winnie Hu

Teen People
Election Issue- Students4Reform
by Michelle Hainer

NY Daily News
"Students Teach Good Government"
Editorial

NY Daily News
"Free Calls To Albany Take Their Toll" by Jim Dwyer

Albany Times Union
 Students Launch Ads Criticizing State Lawmakers
Story by Lara Jakes

NY Newsday
"Putting Mouth Where Money Is"
by Matthew Cox

The Troy Record
 Anti-reform Lawmakers Hit with Attack Ads
Story by Kevin Hogan

GANNET NEWS SERVICE
[Westchester Journal News] "Legislators Who Blocked Ban On Gifts Can Expect 'Negative Mailings,' Reform Group Promises"
by Kyle Hughes

Albany Times Union
 Coalition Presses for Strengthened Lobbying Law
Story by Jay Jochnowitz

The Legislative Gazette
 Lobby Law Called Cheesy
Story by Timothy Currie

NY Times Story
A Crusade for $100 Campaign Gifts
by Vivian Toy

The Daily Gazette of Schenectady
 Group Takes Tonko to Task Over Ballot Reform Position
Story by William F. Hammond Jr.

Rochester Chronicle
 Lobby Reformer Takes Aim At New Targets

Albany Times Union
 A Story of Pockets and Privilege
Story by Dan Lynch

Other Articles On Corruption

NY Times Exposes Corruption By Gifts To 60 Albany Politicians
Story by Clifford Levy

NY Observer
 NY Lawmakers Take (And Take and Take) Gifts From Lobbyists
Story by Andrea Bernstein

Troy Record
 Campaign Funds Used For Pool Cover Debated
Story by Kevin Hogan


Gov. George Pataki
(800) 371-0555
Took $2000 in tobacco contributions

Hon. Sheldon Silver
(888) 894-3737
(Ask for Dan Conviser)
Took $2500 in tobacco contributions

Silver's Sham Gift Ban Bill

Sen. Joe Bruno
(888) 894-4652
(Ask for Mike Avella)
Took $3500 in tobacco contributions

Sen. Bruno’s Flawed Gift Ban Bill Loopholes




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