(Source: Manhattan Chamber of Commerce) The author, Thomas Stebbins For decades it was an open secret in Albany that the New York Assembly was functionally controlled by the trial lawyers. Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly Speaker, was known to have a lucrative 'of counsel' position with the powerhouse trial lawyer firm Weitz & Luxenberg, and most Albany insiders believed that Mr. Silver would not do anything to jeopardize that income. Governor Cuomo himself stated that the trial lawyers were the 'single most powerful political force in Albany,' no doubt in partial reference to Mr. Silver's position as an employee at a trial lawyer firm. With the trial and subsequent conviction of Mr....
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