Remind Me Again Why A Hockey Arena Needs A Lobbyist?

Sheldon Silver’s MSG opposition, put into perspective:

The Garden has hired some of the state’s highest-paid lobbyists: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, Patricia Lynch Associates, Greenberg Traurig and Kasirer Consulting.

Lynch, a former top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, reported $633,000 in fees from the arena from 2004 to last year. Silver’s opposition killed the Jets Stadium, which would have competed with the Garden.