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| Ex-NYS Senate leader Malcolm Smith also released early from prison |
| 2021-05-10 |
| [NYPOST] Former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was quietly sprung early from prison last year — and is being allowed to complete the remainder of his seven-year public corruption sentence at his home in Queens, The Post has learned. News of Smith’s home confinement comes after ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was furloughed for a few days after having served less than a year of six-and-a-half year sentence for corruption — but was quickly ordered back to the clink by federal authorities. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Smith, 64, was transferred from Lewisburg prison in Pennsylvania to "community confinement" on May 27, 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Smith’s projected release date from custody is Oct. 22, 2021. Law enforcement sources said it’s not unusual for the BOP to transition inmates to community supervision or home confinement near the end of their sentence. Smith is back at his home in Jamaica, Queens, and was outside wearing a bathrobe and watering his lawn Sunday morning. The once-powerful pol declined comment Related: Malcolm Smith: 2021-04-16 Corrupt ex-mayor of NY town running for old seat thanks to state loophole Malcolm Smith: 2015-02-06 Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith found guilty Malcolm Smith: 2013-04-14 Two faces of NY's sick politics Related: Sheldon Silver: 2021-05-09 Days after furlough release, Sheldon Silver ordered back to federal prison Sheldon Silver: 2021-05-05 Sheldon Silver released early on furlough after less than a year in prison Sheldon Silver: 2021-01-26 Supreme Court will not hear ex-politician Sheldon Silver's appeal |
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