Updated on May 6, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is being sent back to federal prison after a request for community placement was denied, two sources familiar with the situation tell News 4.
Silver is due to be returned to the federal prison in Otisville as soon as Thursday afternoon, the sources said. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Silver was furloughed from Otisville earlier this week while awaiting a potential placement on home confinement. The former speaker, 77, is serving a six-year sentence on corruption charges.
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Crooked former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, 77, is ordered BACK to prison two days after he was released on furlough less than a year into his six year sentence
Silver, 77, was released Tuesday on furlough while awaiting the decision on whether he could serve his remaining time in home confinement
A source said Silver will now be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement
He had been in Otisville prison in Orange County, New York, since August
The former NY Assembly Speaker was convicted of a corruption scheme where he took $800,000 payments from real estate developers from 2005 to 2015
AP source: Sheldon Silver ordered back to federal prison
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Silver was released Tuesday from a federal prison on furlough while he awaited potential placement to home confinement. The 77-year-old Silver had been in prison since August, where he was serving more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville.