Suing Silver
June 1st, 2007
A New York Post editorial outlines one man’s effort to sue State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his former aid Michael Boxley. In 2003, Boxley was accused of rape. Boxley took a plea bargain and then he and Silver settled a civil lawsuit with the victim, agreeing to pay her $500,000. The issue, according to Joseph J. Santora – a self-described “citizen and taxpayer” – who recent filed suit against the speaker, is that Boxley only paid $20,000 and New York taxpayers paid the other $480,000.
“Why should taxpayers be on the hook for nearly half a million dollars because the then-most-powerful Democrat in Albany kept a serial abuser on the payroll until he was taken away in handcuffs?” The Post writes. “The settlement is a classic case of Albany business as usual. All parties protect their own, and the taxpayers take it on the chin.”
By Mark Berkey-Gerard on June 1, 2007, 7:12 amIn category: Albany, Crime & Safety | No Comments »

