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Ex-State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Area Ex-State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Area
Ex-State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Dies At Prison In Area Embattled former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, has reportedly died at the age of 77 in a Hudson Valley prison. A Democrat, Silver was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison in July 2021 on corruption charges and died at the Otisville Correctional Institution in Orange County on Monday, Jan. 24, officials announced. Silver, who at one point represented most of Manhattan, was found guilty of two counts of honest service wire fraud, two counts of honest services mail fraud, two counts of extortion under the color of off…

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