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Sheldon Silver

Assembly Member Sheldon Silver's Biography

Full Name: Sheldon Silver
Office: State Assembly (NY) - District 65, Democratic, Liberal
First Elected: 11/02/1976
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rosa; 4 Children: Edward, Janine, Michelle, Esther
Birth Date: 02/13/1944
Birth Place: New York City, NY
Home City: New York City, NY
Religion: Jewish

JD, Brooklyn Law School, 1968
BA, Yeshiva University, 1965

Assemblymember, New York State Assembly, 1976-present
Speaker, New York State Assembly, 1994-present

Member, Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, present
Co-Chair, Temporary State Commission on Voting Machine Equipment and Voter Registration Systems, 1985

Attorney, private practice
Law Secretary, Civil Court Judge Francis N. Pecora

Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1992-present

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Capitol Email
speaker@assembly.state.ny.us

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Capitol
Legislative Office Building 932
Albany, NY 12248

Phone: 518-455-3791

District
250 Broadway, Suite 2307
New York, NY 10007

Phone: 212-312-1420

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