Do For Me

by Bill Sanderson

Sheldon Silver, one of New York's most powerful politicians, was excited to take legal fees from a real estate developer-but the attorney with whom he'd split the money worried. "Is this all right, Shelly?" he asked.

Silver answered: "Of course ... I'm a lawyer." His friend took those words as assurance that "it was OK to refer cases to a lawyer no matter what position he held."

But it was not OK. Silver's agreement with his lawyer friend began a scheme to use his powerful office to rake in nearly $4 million in illicit legal fees-including millions from people dying of cancer.

In Do For Me, veteran New York City journalist Bill Sanderson uses research, interviews and original reporting to unravel New York's biggest political scandal in decades.

Do For Me is the story of New York politics over the 21 years Sheldon Silver led New York's state Legislature: relentlessly corrupt, and benefitting special interests over ordinary citizens.

254 pages, Paperback

Published November 27, 2022

Reviews

[Vincent Gardino]

This is an incredible book which exposes the corruption in Albany, New York under the leadership of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. He paved the way for other pols to follow his example and enrich themselves at the taxpayers expense. Luckily they were all caught and sent to prison. Bill Sanderson's research is meticulous as is his style in presenting his narrative. I couldn't put the book down with the cast of characters and their chicanery that Bill uncovered. A great read about the sordid mess that revolved around graft in New York's capitol.