Sheldon Silver

The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the case of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption case. The high court’s decision not to hear Silver’s appeal is another sharp blow to the Manhattan Democrat, who was once one of the three most powerful state officials....

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the most powerful politicians in the state, started his prison sentence Wednesday after years of fending off going behind bars. Silver, 76, reported to a federal prison in Otisville, New York, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was sentenced earlier this year to 6 1/2…

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison in the corruption case that drove him from power. The sentencing by U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni in Manhattan came after she insisted that the 76-year-old Democrat come to court in person to hear his punishment, rather than appear remotely because of concerns…

In a handwritten letter to the judge, Silver apologized profusely, blaming his political demise on a sense of entitlement that developed as he rose in the state’s political circles, and said “I do not want to die in prison”

A lawyer for the 76-year-old Silver declined comment, though it is likely that attorneys will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case

A federal appeals court upheld former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s corruption conviction Tuesday but ordered a resentencing after reversing the conviction on some charges. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the Democrat may get a fresh chance to seek a reduction of his seven-year prison sentence, especially if...

Sheldon Silver, a former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades before criminal charges abruptly ended his career, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison by a judge who said political corruption in the state “has to stop.” Andrew Siff reports.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver begged for mercy at his sentencing next week on corruption charges, telling a judge that he is filled with shame and prays he will not die in prison.

A former New York state Senate leader and his son were convicted on Tuesday of extortion, wire fraud and bribery charges of pressuring businesses to give the son no-show jobs or else risk losing the powerful Republican’s political support.

Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son were convicted on Tuesday of extortion, wire fraud and bribery charges of pressuring businesses to give the son no-show jobs or else risk losing the powerful Republican’s political support. Jonathan Dienst reports.

A former New York state Senate leader and his son got business executives to arrange no-show jobs for the son in a brazen “family shakedown” that corrupted the senator’s office, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday at the retrial of the pair on bribery and extortion charges.

Ex-New York Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son returned to a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday for the start of their retrial on corruption charges.

A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74-year-old Democrat’s second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades-long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74-year-old Democrat’s second attempt to avoid prison after a decades-long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government. Andrew Siff reports.

Once one of the most powerful figures in New York politics, former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver’s second corruption trial began Monday. Silver was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2015, but that verdict was overturned on appeal. Melissa Russo reports on the opening statements in Silver’s re-trial.

A federal prosecutor accused New York’s former assembly speaker on Monday of taking millions of dollars in legal fees as bribes, while a defense lawyer insisted there was nothing illegal about the transactions. Sheldon Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was “blinded by greed,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in...

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a re-trial of ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos has been granted a new trial in a corruption case after an appeals court threw out his and his son Adam’s corruption convictions.

A federal appeals court found jurors in ex-Sen. Dean Skelos and son Adam Skelos’ case were wrongly instructed, in light of a Supreme Court decision following their 2015 convictions. Checkey Beckford reports.

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos is asking an appeals court for a new trial. He cites the precedent set when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was granted a new trial.