Edited sentence: In 1999, reporter Jack Newfield exposed a bill sponsored by Silver to be a political favot done by silver for notorious Harlem "slumlord" Baruch Singer, whose father, Yitzhak Singer, was the rabbi at Silver's synagogue.In response, Silver was quoted as saying, ""Baruch's father [Yitzhak Singer] is the rabbi of my synagogue.Silver is criticized as a fan of employing undemocratic, backroom political decisions and holding up reform.When your rabbi's son asks for assistance, you try to help