At his press teleconference today promoting an upcoming NYS tour to boost the property-tax cap, Tom Suozzi says he won't be badgering and threatening legislators the way he did during his 04 Fix Albany campaign, and insists you can't write off Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver:
"I'm not discouraged by what Shelly has said so far because he hasn't closed the door and he hasn't made any firm demands."
Technically, that's true. He's just said he won't pass the bill the way it stands, whereas Skelos has said he's going to pass the bill exactly as it stands.
Story in Newsday here.