Question: which former lawyer previously held the seat held by Yuh-Line Niou
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Yuh-Line Niou () is a Taiwanese-American politician. She is a Democratic Party member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district, the seat previously held by Sheldon Silver. This district which, is heavily Democratic and 40% Asian, includes Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian-American elected to the State Assembly for this district. Her name is pronounced "you-lean nee-oh" or "you lean new", according to various sources. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Sheldon "Shelly" Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a former lawyer and Democratic Party politician from New York City, who rose to become the powerful Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1994 until his arrest on federal corruption charges in 2015. He was initially convicted, but his conviction was overturned. [END] 
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Sheldon Silver
Sheldon Silver