After Sheldon Silver voted this morning, presumably for himself, at P.S. 110 on the Lower East Side, he chatted with reporters on the corner of Delancey and Clinton Streets.

“Any questions?” he asked. He was dressed in a blue suit and wearing a blue Team Silver hat.

One reporter asked what he thought of today’s “tabloid coverage.”

“Well, I’ll tell you the truth. Media is having trouble in this town and I hope I help them sell a few newspapers today,” he said. As Silver spoke, a New York Post photographer held up today’s edition. Silver seems not to notice or care.

A reporter from NY1 asked why Silver hadn’t accepted his outlet’s invitations to appear at debates.

“I believe my message is out to the people. Period,” he said. Silver’s spokesman, Jonathan Rosen, tried cutting off the scrum by loudly thanking everyone for their questions.

But they kept coming.

As I tried asking him a question, Silver noticed the Post cover, and swiped at it with his right hand, saying, “Excuse me, get that out of here,” before turning to me.

I asked about his massive get-out-the-vote effort, and why it was needed.

“I think what’s clear is, never take anything for granted,” he said. “The special interests are, in fact, supporting the campaigns of my opponents."

He ignored my request to join him as he continued campaigning today, saying only, “See you tonight”– a reference to his victory party.

Then he walked away, up the street, where he was greeted by one of his opponents, Luke Henry.

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