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No hope left for Silver — yay!
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has worn out his appeals — Hallelujah! The US Supreme Court on Monday said it won’t hear his final effort to escape his conviction...
Supreme Court will not hear Sheldon Silver's appeal
The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal by crooked former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is serving a more than six-year federal prison sentence after being...
Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021
Climate insanityIt was encouraging to read Bjorn Lomborg (“Joe’s Mad Earth Alarm,” Post Opinion, Jan. 16).Lomborg’s “False Alarm” is essential reading for anyone interested in the real effects of climate...
Cuomo trashes a Trump pardon of crooked ex-Assembly boss Sheldon Silver
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday attacked President Trump over a potential pardon of Sheldon Silver, the corrupt former speaker of the New York Assembly -- and suggested it could be...
Mr. President, don't pardon Sheldon Silver
Rumor has it that President Trump is considering pardoning Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly and criminal. We hope it is just that: rumors. Silver had a nice racket...
Sheldon Silver at upstate prison some inmates call coronavirus death camp
Crooked ex-power broker Sheldon Silver is serving time at an upstate prison that some elderly inmates are comparing to a coronavirus death camp. Silver, convicted on corruption charges for taking...
Sheldon Silver finally pays (some) for his crimes
Sheldon Silver is finally getting at least some of what he deserves: real time behind bars. On Wednesday, Silver, 76, turned himself in at Otisville Correctional Facility, a medium-security federal...
Disgraced ex-pol Sheldon Silver surrenders to prison officials
Disgraced former Albany power broker Sheldon Silver surrendered to federal prison on Wednesday — bringing an end to a stunning fall from power by the one-time speaker of the New...
Prison-bound Sheldon Silver threatens to punch out Post photographer
Crooked ex-pol Sheldon Silver almost added assault to his criminal record on Monday evening -- when he blew his stack at a Post photographer. The prison-bound former state Assembly speaker...
Justice is still delayed for Shelly Silver
Shelly Silver’s “time has come,” Judge Valerie Caproni said Monday: “He needs to go to jail.” Will it finally stick? Now 76, the former speaker of the state Assembly has...
Sheldon Silver sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for bribery scheme
Crooked Albany power broker Sheldon Silver will finally go to prison for his crimes -- but not for another month, a judge ruled Monday as she sentenced the former Assembly...
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to be sentenced today
Crooked ex-pol Sheldon Silver is scheduled to show up Monday afternoon before a Manhattan judge to be resentenced in a $4 million bribery scheme -- after his request to appear...
Disgraced former top state pol Silver faces the music Monday
Lawyers for the convicted 76-year-old ex-Assembly speaker tried to convince a federal judge last week to allow him to appear by video feed for his sentencing because of the coronavirus,...
Sheldon Silver must appear in NYC courtroom for sentencing, judge rules
Crooked ex-pol Sheldon Silver failed Tuesday to convince a judge that the coronavirus pandemic makes it too dangerous for him to get re-sentenced in person for his $4 million bribery...
Sheldon Silver begs judge for leniency: 'I don't want to die in prison'
Sheldon Silver — once one of the most powerful politicians in Albany who's been twice convicted of corruption yet still awaits sentencing — begged a judge for leniency in a...
In Seattle, we may be seeing the future of NYC: Devine
The world is watching the drug addled and the mentally ill, the machine-gun-toting tyrants and the petty thieves cavorting in the anarchy of Seattle’s occupied “no-cop” zone and wondering what...
Sheldon Silver may be finally sent to prison in June
Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be sentenced in June for his most recent conviction in a corrupt kick-back scheme -- despite the disgraced pol's attempts to delay the...
Sheldon Silver’s latest legal gambit may keep him out of jail for another year
And the farce goes on: Sheldon Silver has launched yet another federal appeal, with strong hopes of staying out of prison until sometime next year. First convicted in November 2015...
It's long past time to slam the prison doors on Sheldon Silver
Shelly Silver did the crime. Will he ever do the time? The disgraced pol has yet to serve a day behind bars since his arrest on corruption charges — a...
Sheldon Silver's 2018 corruption conviction partially overturned
An appeals court Tuesday partially overturned the most recent conviction of disgraced former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. In an 84-page ruling, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Silver's conviction on charges...