Full Name:
Sheldon Silver
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
Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1977-2015
Speaker, New York State Assembly, 1994-2015
Member, Task Force on Puerto Rican/Hispanic, New York State Assembly
Co-Chair, Temporary State Commission on Voting Machine Equipment and Voter Registration Systems, 1985
Former Law Secretary, Civil Court Judge Francis N. Pecora
Attorney, Private Practice, present
Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1992-present