Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference boss John Sampson yesterday betrayed New York's children and taxpayers in the most cowardly and irresponsible fashion possible.
Without taking a single action in public - without voting on the most consequential piece of education legislation in decades - they trashed this bankrupt state's shot at securing as much as $700 million in federal Race to the Top aid.
In the process, Silver (top photo), Sampson (bottom photo) and fellow Democrats told President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to drop dead, denied thousands of kids the chance for an improved education and shredded what little was left of Albany's credibility as a seat of government.
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