Jets' stadium approval likely to wait

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says it's unlikely a key state panel will give final approval to a West Side stadium in Manhattan before Olympics officials decide who will host the 2012 Games. Republican Governor George Pataki, Democrat Silver and Republican Senate majority leader Bruno head the Public Authorities Control Board, which must approve the stadium. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the West Side land, has already agreed to a plan under which the New York Jets would pay $250 million to build the stadium, with the city and state adding $600 million total. Olympics officials have said New York must have plans for a stadium in place to have a shot at hosting the 2012 Games. Moscow, London, Paris and Madrid are the other finalists.