The New York Times  August 22, 2008  Most New Yorkers want a better, fairer, more open State Legislature instead of the embarrassment they now endure. For the primary on Sept. 9, there are two Democratic races in New York...

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Downtown Express  By Julie Shapiro   August 8, 2008  Perhaps Sheldon Silver's critics are making up for lost time. It's been 22 years since the Assembly speaker faced a primary challenge, and he has fought few Democrats in his 32 years...

New York Post  By FREDRIC U. DICKER  August 7, 2008  ALBANY - A political rival yesterday blasted closed-mouthed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for lending $50,000 to a small company that funds personal-injury lawsuits and could be hurt by efforts to...

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The New York Observer  July 1, 2008  Many people have thought for a long time that Michael Bloomberg's solid waste plan--which included opening a garbage transfer station near Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District--would never pass in Albany, given...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 26, 2008 In response to the the Daily News article regarding the involvement of Elizabeth Crothers as a volunteer with the Newell for Assembly Campaign, Paul Newell had this to say: "We have over 100...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2008   Newell Asks Silver to Join Other Candidates in Financial Disclosure    New York, NY - Coming on the heels of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's ally and petitioning partner State Senator Martin Connor's recent...

New York Magazine  by Geoffrey Gray  June 9, 2008    Is State Assembly leader Sheldon Silver the master of passive-aggressive politics, or the guy who keeps bad things from happening to good people?    ...  His challengers in the September...

May 19, 2008Paul Newell's interview with the The World Journal was published on May 15, 2008.  The publication marked the first time Paul Newell has appeared in the Chinese press. The World Journal is a Chinese daily newspaper that covers...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   NEW YORK, NY - May 15, 2008Paul Newell's grassroots campaign to unseat Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has moved into new headquarters in a 500 sq. ft. space located at 26 Bowery.  The office is situated in...

Gotham Gazette  May 7, 2008...  Now Paul Newell one of two announced challengers to Silver has fired back on the same blog.   "Sheldon Silver is neither a progressive Democrat nor a conservative Democrat. Sheldon Silver is a status quo...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 1, 2008  NEW YORK, NY - May 1, 2008  Sheldon Silver is pulling out all the stops as Paul Newell's grassroots challenge gains traction.  Despite having more than $3 Million in his campaign fund, Silver has...

The Atlantic  By Matthew Yglesias  April 30, 2008  Paul Newell is challenging Sheldon Silver in a NY State Assembly primary. That sounds a bit like a parochial local concern, but Silver is the super-powerful Speaker of the assembly and actually...

StreetsBlog  April 30, 2008  This is the second installment of Streetsblog's interview with Paul Newell, candidate for State Assembly in the 64th District, who's challenging Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Democratic primary this September. In this segment, Newell addresses...

StreetsBlog  April 29, 2008  Last week Streetsblog caught up with Paul Newell, who's mounting the first primary challenge to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in 22 years. Discussing his candidacy, Newell made it clear that he is in it to...

Open Left  by Chris Bowers  April 25, 2008  Today, BlogPac is thrilled to announce our first endorsement in the Blue to Bluer campaign: Paul Newell for New York State Assembly. Newell is running against New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2008   PAUL NEWELL ENDORSED IN INAUGURAL "BLUE TO BLUER" CAMPAIGN   Challenge to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Receives Major Netroots Backing   NEW YORK, NY - April 28, 2008 - Paul Newell, the first Democratic...

StreetsBlog  April 25, 2008  In what may be a political first, Paul Newell, who is challenging Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the 64th District, mentions "livable streets" as one of his three major planks in this campaign clip.  ...  The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 7, 2008  Challenger Paul Newell Criticizes Sheldon Silver's Congestion Dodge  Today, Paul Newell criticized Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's backroom dealings to deny accountable government to 19 million New Yorkers, saying "Sheldon Silver's failure to even...

The New York Sun  April 25, 2008  ...  The group seeking to organize the debate is Democracy For New York City, a nonprofit political action committee affiliated with Democracy for America, which was founded by Dr. Dean after his run...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2008  Paul Newell Calls for Sheldon Silver to Act on Congestion Pricing  Paul Newell today called for Sheldon Silver to stop pandering to special interests and stand up for the children in his own district...

Village Voice  March 7, 2008  In the spirit of reform, it's time for Sheldon Silver to fully disclose his outside income, so says a young upstart who's a big long-shot to unseat the state's most powerful Democrat. ..."Nothing dispels suspicion...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 5, 2008       Paul Newell Calls on Silver to End Ten-Year Silence on Side Income. Paul Newell, the insurgent Democratic candidate for NY Assembly challenging Speaker Sheldon Silver in Lower Manhattan, released his income tax...

The New York Sun  April 9, 2008  ...  Mr. Newell is running on two issues: accountability and "affordable" housing, both of which, he said, Mr. Silver is against. He accuses the speaker of "blocking development of 'affordable' housing in downtown...

The Villager  December 27, 2007  Paul Newell, of Division St., has lived Downtown his whole life and told the crowd that not all of the neighborhood's changes are bad. "But when development comes and takes away access to affordable food,...

The Albany Project  April 8, 2008  Challenger Paul Newell is calling out Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his punt on congestion pricing. The fact is that no district in all of New York would have benefited more from congestion pricing...

The Albany Project  January 28, 2008  ...  Here's a message to us from Paul, who is an active member of the Albany Project community, introducing himself. I'm running for State Assembly to change the way Albany works.  For over...

The New York Observer  March 25, 2008  Last month, a market-research firm called my Lower East Side apartment to gauge my support for Paul Newell. I admitted that I had never heard Newell's name before, and the caller quickly...

Daily Kos  April 8, 2008   Paul Newell is a progressive voice for New York City: Paul Newell has fought for over a decade for progressive values. Whether working to elect progressive leaders, preserve Yiddish culture or bring needed services to...

"Rarely does one man (Sheldon Silver) have a chance to do so much harm to so many."  - NY Times Editorial, 4/8/2008    For decades, Sheldon Silver's Culture of Failure in Albany has failed New Yorkers and failed Lower Manhattanites. ...

No issue weighs more heavily on the minds of New Yorkers than affordable housing. The average rent of a two-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side is now over $3,000.  NYC has a rental vacancy rate of 0.4% (as...

As a graduate of New York City Public Schools, Paul Newell knows the promises and challenges of America's largest education system intimately.   Quality Public Schools have long been the most important rung in the ladder to the middle class.  Paul...

The Rockefeller Drug Laws have destroyed thousands of Lower Manhattan families, skewed our law enforcement priorities, cost billions of dollars and utterly failed to address the crisis of drug use in our communities.   Thousands of children in this...

In America, equal access to civil rights should be sacrosanct.  Yet hundreds of thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) New Yorkers are denied those rights every day.  It is high time that we commit to fully embracing...

Sheldon Silver's failure to even schedule a vote on congestion pricing shows his contempt for both the democratic process and concerns of Lower Manhattanites.  Congestion pricing is of vital concern to Lower Manhattan.  Our community includes the Brooklyn, Manhattan...

Lower Manhattan has been the gateway to America for millions of immigrants.  For 200 years we have been enriched by welcoming people from around the world to our neighborhood. That history continues today, and the state government needs to...

The Subversive Garden  January 30, 2008  ...  I have known Paul for several years and know him to be a truly progressive, very bright, reform oriented democrat. He has fought for over a decade for progressive values. Whether working to...