Assembly Speaker's Race Gets Shake-Up

Inbox!: @Wright4Harlem "throws full support" behind Carl Heastie for Assembly Speaker
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) January 28, 2015

Which does this:

Breaking #nyassembly news: Assemblyman Keith Wright has endorsed Carl Heastie's bid to be speaker. This is big news; unites black support.
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) January 28, 2015

Cathy Nolan of Queens and Joe Lentol of Brooklyn announced today, along with Heastie.

Heastie was considered the front runner even with Wright looking to be speaker.

With Wright out and throwing his support to Heastie, that makes him that much more the front runner to be permanent speaker.

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.