SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Sheldon Silver can legally collect his annual pension, at New York taxpayers' expense, just like so many convicted lawmakers before him.
Silver, 71, who was convicted Monday of seven felonies in federal court, is in line for tens of thousands of dollars a year pension payments. (The exact pension amount wasn't available this morning; check back later this afternoon for updates.)
Yet whether Silver actually will pocket those pension payments is still unclear. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has said he plans to seek those public retirement payments as part of restitution in Silver's case.
And Bharara has had success in capturing pension payments in at least one other federal corruption case involving a former state lawmaker.
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