Cuomo, lawmakers react to Silver’s sentence
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s 12-year prison sentence in a $5 million corruption case sends a message that officials who abuse the public’s trust will be held accountable, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo said shortly after the sentencing.
“Justice was served,” Cuomo said Tuesday.
Silver, a 72-year-old Manhattan Democrat, lowered his head and closed his eyes as U.S. Judge Valerie Caproni announced his fate.