A lobbyist testified Monday that executives for a large New York developer were concerned that if they terminated a fee-sharing arrangement that benefited former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, they would risk alienating one of the most powerful political leaders in the state.
Richard Runes, a lobbyist for Glenwood Management, told the government in a prior witness interview that the decision whether to terminate the fee sharing was “like holding a tiger by the tail” and “you have a difficult choice to make” of whether to let the tail go.
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