By Errol Louis
The recent party primaries for state offices held a few welcome signs
that New York voters are wising up. In a city that often mechanically
reelects incumbents, three were turned out of office. And in a state
that too frequently elevates scoundrels, voters smartly rejected several
candidates whose unfitness for public office was obvious.
Voters in Jackson Heights, Queens, narrowly blocked a comeback attempt
by disgraced ex-state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the
Senate after an assault conviction and later served nearly all of a
two-year prison term for mail fraud and conspiracy. Monserrate is best
known for the security video that caught him dragging his girlfriend
through his apartment hallway; the attack was so repugnant that his
fellow senators voted to kick him out.
Monserrate later pleaded guilty to steering city money to a nonprofit
community organization, funds that were illegally diverted to his
political campaign. Despite being rejected, convicted and imprisoned,
Monserrate was trying to get back in the game, running for a post as
district leader, an unpaid Democratic Party position that is often the
first step toward higher office.
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Source: The New York Daily News
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