Sheldon Silver Out By Monday, Joe Morelle To Be "Interim Speaker"

And so it looks like an era comes to an end soon:

Sheldon Silver's tenure as speaker of the N.Y. State Assembly will end Monday, Democrats say. A new speaker will be picked Feb. 10.
— Thomas Kaplan (@thomaskaplan) January 28, 2015

The Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area, will be interim speaker until a new speaker is elected on Feb. 10.
— Thomas Kaplan (@thomaskaplan) January 28, 2015

My favorite reaction to the news:

.@thomaskaplan @daveweigel So NY State can finally legalize MMA now? #WelcomeTo2015
— Chris Gaskill (@ChrisGaskill) January 28, 2015

Oy.

It is said Carl Heastie is close to having enough votes to be the next speaker.

Here's a rundown on Heastie from Ross Barkan.

The other two names mentioned - Morelle and Keith Wright - are close to Cuomo, with Wright having shilled for Sheriff Andy during the campaign.

Wright also tried to stick the political shiv in Silver back in 2013.