N.Y. State lawmakers convicted since 2009
◾Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) convicted on federal bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges. (2015)
◾Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) convicted on federal bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges. (2015)
◾Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous (R-Binghamton) convicted of lying to FBI. (2015)
◾Assemb. William Scarborough (D-Jamaica) convicted of wire fraud and theft. (2015)
◾Sen. John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) convicted of obstructing justice and making a false statement. (2015)
◾Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery in a plot to rig the Republican ballot in the 2013 New York City mayoral race. (2015)
◾Assemb. Gabriela Rosa (D-Manhattan) convicted of lying to immigration officials and entering into a sham marriage in order to gain U.S. citizenship. (2014)
◾Assemb. William Boyland Jr. (D-Brooklyn) convicted of bribery. (2014)
◾Assemb. Eric Stevenson (D-Bronx) convicted of bribery, conspiracy. (2014)
◾Assemb. Nelson Castro (D-Bronx) convicted of perjury. (2013)
◾Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Queens) convicted of mail fraud in connection with looting a
taxpayer-funded nonprofit she controlled. (2013)
◾Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. (D-Bronx) convicted of embezzling money from taxpayer-funded health care clinics. (2012)
◾Sen. Vincent Leibell (R-Patterson), convicted of tax evasion and obstruction of justice. (2010)
◾Former Sen. Nicholas Spano (R-Yonkers) convicted of federal income tax evasion.(2012)
◾State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, convicted on charges in connection with a pay-to-play scheme with the New York State pension fund. (2011)
◾Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) convicted of bribery. (2011)
◾Assemb. Chris Ortloff (R-Plattsburgh) convicted of using the Internet to entice underage girls into having sex. (2010)
◾Sen. Efrain Gonzalez (D-Bronx) convicted of fraud and embezzlement. (2009)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_state_and_local_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
Note: ”
If you are doing something that you should not be doing, you had better stop, before you get caught”
Mr. Copper 2009