ReformNY: 3 men in a cell
Originally posted at ReformNY.
In 2005, we noted that over the previous decade, a New York State legislator was just as likely to die in office as lose in a general election.
For 2009, on the heels of the Bruno conviction, we have a new statistic: since 2000, legislators were more likely to resign while under ethics investigation, or after pleading guilty to or being convicted of a crime, than they were to lose in a general election.