Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the New York State Assembly, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Friday, July 27, 2018. Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former 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 another $1 million through laundering the proceeds of his crimes. Photographer: Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is being sent back to federal prison after a request for community placement was denied, two sources familiar with the situation tell News 4.
Silver is due to be returned to the federal prison in Otisville as soon as Thursday afternoon, the sources said.
Silver was furloughed from Otisville earlier this week while awaiting a potential placement on home confinement. The former speaker, 77, is serving a six-year sentence on corruption charges.
There was no answer at Silver's home and his attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan was on record opposing his release. They declined comment on his return to custody.
The Bureau of Prisons declined comment. The agency previously told The Associated Press it had the authority to temporarily furlough inmates while considering home confinement.
This is a developing story.
