Sheldon Silver to Temporarily Give Up His Speaker Dutie

By SUSANNE CRAIG and THOMAS KAPLANJAN. 25, 2015

Sheldon Silver, in an unusual arrangement, would temporarily 

delegate his duties as speaker to a group of senior Assembly members.Credit Yana Paskova/Getty Images

The decision by the speaker of the New York State Assembly, who is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs, comes amid mounting pressure from his fellow Democrats.