UTICA — The Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce is calling for the resignation of Sheldon Silver as speaker of the state Assembly.
The chamber cited a New York Times report that Silver authorized a secret payment of more than $103,000 in taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Democrat from Brooklyn. The settlement, which was cloaked from public view by a confidentiality agreement, was an improper use of public funds, the chamber said.
The chamber calls for both the resignation of Silver as speaker and full restitution of the settlement funds.
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