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21 Mar 2019, 1:44 am
Sheldon Silver, Manhattan Democrat. [read post]
10 Feb 2019, 2:56 pm
“As the trials of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos illustrate, corruption among high-profile public officials continues to be a concern in the United States. [read post]
16 Dec 2018, 1:22 pm
The Takeaway These attorneys are highlighted in the new “Judicial Hellholes” report from the American Tort Reform Foundation: Jeffrey Gottlieb & Associates, Manhattan: Recorded at least 26 suits in under 60-days over sites which lacked screen-reading software for the visually impaired Lee Litigation Group, Manhattan: Filed suits “by the dozen” over partly void food packaging, including boxes of Junior Mints Joseph Mizrahi, Brooklyn: Filed more than 500 website suits in… [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 1:00 pm
Sheldon Gilbert is a Senior Constitutional Fellow at the National Constitution Center. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 11:53 pm
New York: Sheldon Silver, Ex-Assembly Speaker, Gets 7 Years in Prison for Corruption ConvictionRochester Democrat and Chronicle – Jon Campbell | Published: 7/27/2018 Sheldon Silver, the former New York Assembly speaker who brokered legislative deals for two decades before corruption charges abruptly ended his career, was sentenced to seven years in prison. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 9:05 pm
“Sheldon Silver, the disgraced ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly, was sentenced to seven years in prison — less than the 12 years he was sentenced to previously” before an appeals court ordered retrial [Kaja Whitehouse, New York Post, more (wanted to keep some of the money); Adam Klasfeld/Courthouse News; our coverage over the years] Tags: scandals, Sheldon Silver “Sheldon Silver sentenced to 7 years in prison… [read post]
29 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm
Elections Missouri: “McCaskill, Vulnerable Democrat Running for Re-election, Targeted in Russian Hacking Attempt” by Ellen Nakashima (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune North Carolina: “‘I Have Not Been Involved,’ NC Supreme Court Justice Says of Bill Targeting Opponent” by Wil Doran for Raleigh News and Observer West Virginia: “West Virginia Official Rejects Blankenship’s Third-Party Senate Bid” by Jordain Carney for The Hill Ethics National:… [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 2:56 pm
22 Jul 2018, 12:41 pm
17 May 2018, 9:01 pm
National: These Women Mostly Ignored Politics. [read post]
17 May 2018, 2:59 am
” [Jack Healy, New York Times] Retrial in Sheldon Silver corruption case [Bill Sanderson/New York Daily News, more, yet more (guilty on all counts)] “Silver’s disgrace has had no discernible effect on the way Albany conducts the public’s business. [read post]
14 May 2018, 1:33 pm
The Supreme Court's decision to let Bob McDonnell off the hook didn't save Silver. [read post]
8 May 2018, 4:49 pm
Harassment of female staffers was hushed up and paid off for years under indicted former assembly speaker Sheldon Silver. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 5:00 am
Louis Post-Dispatch Elections National: “Government Says It Is Dropping Most Remaining Inaugural Day Rioting Cases” by Keith Alexander for Washington Post Ethics National: “In the Crowd at Trump’s Inauguration, Members of Russia’s Elite Anticipated a Thaw Between Moscow and Washington” by Craig Timberg, Rosalind Helderman, Andrew Roth, and Carol Leonnig for Washington Post Federal: “Congressman Combating Harassment Settled His Own Misconduct Case” by… [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 9:02 am
The measure was largely driven by outrage over the corruption scandal that forced the resignation of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 5:00 am
” New York: Former Top Assembly Ethics Official: Position a ‘waste of money’Albany Times Union – Chris Bragg | Published: 10/22/2017 In the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s indictment on fraud and extortion charges, his successor embarked on what seemed like a major reform. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 6:32 am
Possible Reprise Makes Albany GroanNew York Times – Jesse McKinley | Published: 10/4/2017 With the recent reversals of guilty verdicts on corruption charges of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, the former state Senate majority leader, it seems inevitable that Albany’s dirty laundry, and the actions of some of it [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 12:52 pm
The second publication is a decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the conviction of Sheldon Silver, once the Speaker of the New York State Assembly, for so-called “honest services fraud,” a federal crime where a public official performs or promises to perform an official act in return for a bribe. [read post]
15 Jul 2017, 6:33 am
[Kenneth Lovett/New York Daily News, New York Sun] Tags: Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver conviction overturned, faces retrial is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 5:16 am
SDNY will retry Silver. [read post]
