Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts - The New York Times
Just one reason why taxes are so high in NY. From the article, ... "Mr. Silver, 71, a Democrat from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was convicted on all seven counts against him. The charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemmed from schemes by which he obtained nearly $4 million in exchange for using his position to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers." ...
