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Heastie Favored as New Assembly Speaker Amid Reform Drive
A Brooklyn observer notes Assemblyman Carl Heastie as frontrunner to replace Speaker Silver after a corruption probe. Heastie built a Bronx coalition with support from Diaz and de Blasio and added Wright, while rivals fade. The piece calls for full-time legislators, higher pay, and outside income bans, plus ethics reforms. It also covers Jesse Hamilton's inauguration and neighborhood party dynamics.
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Carl Heastie
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Kings County
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Ortiz
Jo Anne Simon
Sheldon Silver
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