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Nov. 2 Trial Date Set For Sheldon Silver

  Trial Date Set For Indicted Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver http://t.co/AjQBSqfi2F — 1010 WINS (@1010WINS) April 28, 2015 A federal judge today set a Nov. 2 date for Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's corruption trial. The former Assembly Speaker is accused...

Prosecutor Adds New Charge to Sheldon Silver Indictment

Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a new charge against Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver.  The former Assembly speaker was indicted in February on allegations that he used his powerful positions to profit nearly $4 million in illicit payments from...

U.S. Attorney Accuses Sheldon Silver’s Son-in-Law in Alleged Scheme to Defraud $7 Million

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is, of course, prosecuting Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges. He's also going after the former Assembly speaker's son-in-law. Yesterday, 37-year-old Marcello Trebitsch was arrested and accused of defrauding investors of $7...

Federal Judge Criticizes U.S. Attorney Bharara Over Conduct in Silver Case

A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss corruption charges against Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver but scolded U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara over statements he made before and following the former Assembly Speaker's arrest. Silver, who was forced to...

Sheldon Silver Asks Judge to Dismiss Federal Corruption Case

Sheldon Silver's legal team filed a request in federal court yesterday to have corruption charges against him dropped. The longtime Lower East Side assemblyman pleaded not guilty to a three count indictment accusing him of fraud and extortion in...

U.S. Attorney Says He Acted Properly in Silver Case; Claims His Reputation is Being “Maligned”

Last month, Assemblyman Sheldon Silver asked a federal judge to dismiss his three-count indictment on corruption charges due to statements made about the case by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Now the U.S. attorneys office has responded in a 24-page...

Sheldon Silver is Still “Fighting For the Neighborhood,” Aide Says

The message from Sheldon Silver to his constituents in Lower Manhattan during the past several days has been clear. In spite of his indictment on federal corruption charges, Silver is at least for the moment trying to project the...

Sheldon Silver Pleads Not Guilty, Moves For Dismissal of Charges

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the state's most powerful p... http://t.co/DXXRplvGxN — cynthia anthony (@6sta_saint) February 24, 2015 The reports are starting to come in from federal court in Manhattan this afternoon,...

Photos: Sheldon Silver Appears at Today’s Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown

Since his arrest on federal corruption charges in January and his resignation as assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver has obviously been keeping a low profile in the neighborhood. But earlier today he made a public appearance at the Lunar New...

Followup: Feds Go After Sheldon Silver’s Grand Street Apartments

A few more details regarding yesterday's indictment of Sheldon Silver by a federal grand jury. The Lower East Side assemblyman and former speaker faces mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion charges in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally...
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JESSOR, A Show About the Architect of the Grand Street Co-ops, Opens Tomorrow at Citygroup

A new exhibition featuring the works of New York architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of...
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