During a recent news conference Sen. Eric Adams cut loose on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, calling his request that Gov. Ravitch handle the budget in place of disgraced Gov. Paterson "inappropriate and offensive." The enraged lawmaker continued: "The speaker is not the judge and jury or the decider of who he negotiates the budget with... Our state constitution determines that," he said. "Unless he has become the modern-day Napoleon, where he crowns himself, he's only the speaker. He is not the leader or the king of New York State." Adams hasn't always supported Paterson in the past, but in this instance he was firm, reports the Post. "[Paterson is] a sitting governor," he said. "You don't state because of a credibility problem or because you don't like the suit he's wearing."