Why Do New Yorkers Like Electing Criminals?

“When so many of their leaders can be bought for a few thousand dollars, they should think about getting angry,” said Bharara.
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Why Do New Yorkers Like Electing Criminals?
Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) at the Capitol in Washington on May 30, 2014. Grimm pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 23, 2014. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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NEW YORK—After seeing State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s arrest for allegedly taking bribes and kickbacks—and in recent history, a host of politicians being implicated by graft charges, New Yorkers should get angry about public corruption in city and state politics, said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Friday. 

In this April 1, 2014 file photo, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara participates in a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
In this April 1, 2014 file photo, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara participates in a news conference in New York. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File
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Shannon Liao is a native New Yorker who attended Vassar College and the Bronx High School of Science. She writes business and tech news and is an aspiring novelist.
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