Mealey's (July 31, 2018, 1:01 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge on July 27 sentenced former New York Speaker Sheldon Silver to seven years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision, after a jury found him guilty of honest services wire fraud and extortion for his role in asbestos and real estate schemes, according to the docket (United States of America v. Sheldon Silver, No. 15-93, S.D. N.Y.)....