Eric Stevenson, Bronx Democratic Assemblyman, Arrested For Taking $20,000 In Bribes In Second....
Eric Stevenson, Bronx Democratic Assemblyman, arrested for taking $20,000 in bribes in second corruption case in New York this week
By Greg B. Smith , Dareh Gregorian AND Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Would the last honest politician in Albany turn off the lights — or simply steal the bulbs?
The ever-expanding cesspool of political corruption in New York claimed a Bronx assemblyman Thursday, barely two days after a state senator and five other political figures were busted in a separate bribery scheme.
The arrest of Eric Stevenson (D-Bronx) in a bribery scandal came with an unexpected twist: The two-termer was nabbed with the cooperation of a crooked Assembly colleague who became an informant.
The secret aid of Nelson Castro, who flipped in 2009 after a perjury indictment, raised the specter of additional arrests while spooking many in the Bronx Democrat’s political orbit.
“Here we go again,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said after the latest criminal complaint was unsealed. “This has become something of a habit.”
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“Bottom line . . . if half the people up here in Albany were ever caught for what they do ... they ... would probably be (in jail),” he said during a chat this past Dec. 27. “So who are they bulls----ing?”
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