DiPietro Statement On Silver Sentencing

“The people of New York have finally gotten justice. For over two decades, Sheldon Silver used Albany to enrich himself, violate the public trust in our government, and subvert the will of the people. Now we must finish what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara started by passing comprehensive ethics reform, and eliminating Sheldon Silver’s pension by passing my legislation to strip all politicians convicted of abusing their offices of their taxpayer-financed pensions.”