Sheldon Silver
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| 119th Speaker of the New York State Assembly | |
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In office February 11, 1994 – February 2, 2015 |
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Mario Cuomo George Pataki Eliot Spitzer David Paterson Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | Saul Weprin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph D. Morelle (acting) |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 65th district |
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In office 2013–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Micah Kellner |
| Succeeded by | Alice Cancel |
| Constituency | Lower Manhattan, New York City |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 64th district |
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In office 2003–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Richard N. Gottfried |
| Succeeded by | Nicole Malliotakis |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 62nd district |
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In office 1983–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Paul M. Viggiano |
| Succeeded by | Robert Straniere |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 63rd district |
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In office 1977–1982 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony G. DiFalco |
| Succeeded by | Steven Sanders |
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February 13, 1944 Lower East Side, New York City |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rosa Mandelkern |
| Residence | Lower East Side, New York City |
| Alma mater |
Yeshiva University (B.A.) Brooklyn Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Orthodox Judaism |
| Website | Archived Assembly website |
Sheldon "Shelly" Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a former lawyer and Democratic Party politician from New York City, who rose to become the powerful Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1994 until his arrest on federal corruption charges in 2015.
He was convicted of all charges, automatically expelled from the Assembly, automatically disbarred for felony conviction, fined $7 million, and sentenced to 12 years in prison, although as of January 2017 he remained free as his legal appeals were continuing.
An Orthodox Jew whose parents were Russian immigrants, Silver has lived all his life on Manhattan's Lower East Side. He graduated from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph High School on Henry Street, where he was captain of the basketball team. Silver graduated from Yeshiva University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965, and received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1968.
Silver practiced law with the firm of Schecter and Schwartz from 1968 until 1971, and then served as law secretary for New York City Civil Court Judge Francis N. Pecora from 1971 to 1976. In addition to Silver's duties in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2015, he was "of counsel" at Weitz & Luxenberg, one of New York State's largest personal injury litigation firms. For years, Weitz & Luxenberg insisted that Silver's ties with the firm were negligible. In 2007, the New York Post charged that Silver's refusal to disclose the details of his employment, or the income he received, raised suspicions of a conflict of interest. This income ultimately led to his arrest, resignation as Speaker, and prison sentence.
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