A “citizen action” challenging the State’s settlement of earlier litigation involving payment of damages by the State dismissed Santora v Silver, 20 Misc.3d 836, Modified and Affirmed, 61 A.D.3d 621, Motion to appeal denied, 13 N.Y.3d 704 This “citizen taxpayer action” pursuant to State Finance Law Section 123 et seq., sought money damages from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and his former chief legal counsel, James Michael… [read post]