Sheldon Silver
PER
Sheldon Silver Silver
After the court's decision was made public, Joseph L. Bruno and the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, sparred over its meaning while standing shoulder to shoulder after a budget hearing. Mr. Silver, a Democrat who has been pushing for more school spending, said that this decision gives the Legislature directive that they better address this issue this year. Shuffling through pages of the decision, he began to say that they hold that the state, in enacting a budget for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2006, must appropriate the constitutionally required funding for the New York City schools.