Assemblyman Furious With Sheldon Silver Over Tax Break Bill Scandal: Source - Fashion News

ALBANY — Assemblyman Keith Wright is furious at Speaker Sheldon Silver for dragging him into a controversy — now the subject of an investigation — over tax breaks quietly awarded to five city developers. Wright, chairman of the Assembly Housing Committee, was the prime sponsor of the bill that passed in January. The Manhattan Democrat inherited the bill after he replaced previous committee chairman Vito Lopez, who was removed by Silver last August amid a sexual harassment scandal that ultimately ended Lopez’s Assembly career.