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    Sheldon Silver

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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 22, 2015 · Sheldon Silver, left, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, was arrested on Thursday in Manhattan. Michael Appleton for The New York Times. The arrest put the spotlight back on the spate of ...

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  4. Jul 27, 2018 · Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Assembly Speaker SHELDON SILVER was sentenced this afternoon to seven years in prison after having been found guilty a second time by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain nearly $4 million in bribes in exchange for his official acts and obtaining ...

  5. May 15, 2015 · Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Richard Frankel, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that New York State Assembly Speaker SHELDON SILVER was arrested this morning on charges that he used his official position to receive nearly $4 ...

  6. Jan 22, 2015 · January 22, 2015 / 12:37 PM EST / AP. NEW YORK -- New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on corruption charges and accused of using his position as one of the most powerful ...

  7. Jan 24, 2022 · Sheldon Silver, the former leader of the New York State Assembly whose career was undone by a 2015 corruption conviction, died on Monday, his former chief of staff said. ... His arrest in 2015 ...

  8. Jan 22, 2015 · NEW YORK (AP) — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who bent state government to his will for more than 20 years as one of New York’s most powerful and canny politicians, was arrested Thursday on charges of taking nearly $4 million in payoffs and kickbacks. The 70-year-old Democrat was taken into custody by the FBI on federal conspiracy and ...

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