Another SCHMUCK Caught..

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That makes 7 politicians seated busted in the last two weeks. New Yorkers wonder why the state is so broke.

"Of the last 31 NY politicians indicted 24 were Democrats, 7 were Republicans."


A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.

The indictment alleges that Sampson embezzled $ 440,000 from escrow accounts under his supervision as a court-appointed referee for foreclosures. It says some of the funds were funneled into his losing campaign to become Brooklyn district attorney in 2005.

On Tuesday, in a separate case, Democratic New York State Senator Malcolm Smith was arrested and charged with trying to buy a place on the Republican ticket in the city's mayoral race, in what prosecutors said was his central role in a series of bribery schemes that reflected pervasive corruption in New York politics.

Five other politicians - three Republicans and two Democrats - were also arrested and charged with collectively accepting more than $ 100,000 of bribes in meetings that often took place in parked cars, hotel rooms and state offices, according to court papers.