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  1. Sheldon Silver. Sheldon Silver (February 13, 1944 – January 24, 2022) was an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and convicted felon from New York City who served as speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1994 to 2015. A native of Manhattan 's Lower East Side, Silver served in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2015.

  2. Jan 25, 2022 · Silver, known as "Shelly" throughout Albany, was a left-of-center Democrat who succeeded in navigating through the capital's power system. He became Assembly Speaker in 1994, shortly before ...

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  4. Jan 24, 2022 · Sheldon Silver, the once powerful Speaker of the New York State Assembly who was convicted on corruption charges, died on Monday at the age of 77, according to The New York Times.Silver d…

  5. Mar 26, 2024 · Sheldon Silver, who was for years one of the most powerful politicians in the state before he was taken down by a corruption conviction, spent his last days struggling to get out of his prison bed while his wife was barred from visiting him as he lay dying. Silver lost nearly 60 pounds over the last six months of his life before he passed away ...

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  6. Jan 24, 2022 · PUBLISHED: January 24, 2022 at 5:05 p.m. | UPDATED: January 25, 2022 at 3:35 a.m. Sheldon Silver, a corrupt Manhattan politician who for most of his 21 years as state Assembly speaker took money ...

  7. Jan 24, 2022 · Published January 24, 2022 • Updated on January 24, 2022 at 6:55 pm. Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful politicians in the state for decades before being ...

  8. May 5, 2021 · When Shelly Silver was finally packed off to federal prison last August more than five years after his arrest, we thought that our old motto, that Shelly Silver always wins, would need to be retire…