Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sheldon Silver" in English language version.
Silver's opaque and autocratic style of governance is impossible to separate from the personal failings that led him to enrich himself at taxpayers' expense, pocketing more than $4 million in a complex bribery scheme.
Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly who rose to become one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday for his conviction on federal corruption charges.
For more than two decades, Sheldon Silver was one of the most powerful and feared politicians in New York.