Sheldon Silver’s 21-year reign as speaker of the New York state Assembly will end on Monday. Under the process agreed to by the 105-member Democratic majority, Majority Leader Joe Morelle of Rochester will be voted in Monday as interim speaker until the Feb. 10 election of a permanent leader. Morelle is expected to be a candidate for the post, along with Keith Wright of Manhattan and Carl Heastie from the Bronx. (TU)
As he left the Capitol just before 8 p.m., Silver would not say if he plans offer a resignation as speaker or if members will vote him out. He said only that he will not hinder the succession process. (CapCon) http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/228344/a-m-roundup-the-sun-sets-on-silver/
