This is a list of current and former federal, state and local elected and appointed officials from New York who either have reportedly engaged in ethically-questionable behavior and/or have been: (a) investigated, (b) indicted, (c) convicted, and/or (d) fined for violating federal, state, local and/or federal ethics rules or criminal laws. Of course, everyone is innocent until proven guilty!
New York State Officials
Governors
Comptrollers
- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi (D)
- State Comptroller Carl McCall (D)
- State Comptroller Edward Regan (R)
State Senators
- Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno (R)
- State Sen. Pedro Espada (D)
- State Sen. Carl Kruger (D)
- State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D) Queens
- State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D)
- Kevin Parker (D., Brooklyn)
- Guy Velella (R)
- Senate Minority Leader Manfred Ohrenstein
- State Senator Shirley L. Huntley (D, Queens)
- State Sen. Efraín González Jr.
- State Sen. John Sampson
- State Sen. Vincent Leibell (R., Putnam County)
Assembly Members
- Sheldon Silver (D)
- Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D) Brooklyn
- Eric Stevenson (D) Bronx
- Nelson Castro (D) Bronx
- Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D)
- Assemblyman Jerry Johnson
- Assembly Speaker Mel Miller (D)
- Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin (D)
- Vivian Cook (D)
- Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr.
- Assemblyman Brian M. McLaughlin
- Assemblyman Roger L. Green
- Assemblywoman Diane M. Gordon (D, E. NY)
- Assemblywoman Gloria Davis
- Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr.
- Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera (D. Bronx)
- Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut
- Assemblyman Nicholas A. Spano
Others
- State Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Novello
- Herbert Teitelbaum, executive director of the state Public Integrity Commission
- Michael Boxley, chief lawyer for Democratic Speaker Sheldon Silver
- Labor Commissioner James McGowan
- New York State Parole Commissioner Leo S. Levy
- New York State Parole Commissioner Sean McSherry
- Ronald Hotaling, executive secretary to the Parole Board
New York City Officials
- NYC Comptroller John Liu (current)
- NYC Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman
- NYC Comptroller William C. Thompson
- Michael Provenzano (Director, Construction Services of Department of Housing Preservation and Development)
- Councilman Ruben Wills
- Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III
- Councilwoman Christine Quinn
- Councilman Larry B. Seabrook (D., Bronx)
- City Councilman Miguel Martinez
- City Councilwoman Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
- Queens Councilman Dennis Gallagher
- NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerick
- Wendell B. Walters, Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
- Joseph Marino, NYC Tax Assessor
- Paul W. Adler, Rockland County Democratic Chairman
- New York City Plumbing Inspectors
Federal Officials
- Anthony Weiner
- Charles Rangel
- Gregory Meeks
- Rep. Michael Grimm
- Rep. Chris Lee
- Rep. Eric Massa
- Rep. Vito Fossella
- Rep. Robert Garcia (Bronx)
Local & County Officials
- Yonkers Councilwoman Sandi Annabi
- Yonkers Republican Chairman Zehy Jereis
- Arthur Rose, Mount Vernon City School District Head of Purchasing
- Sean Purdy, Haverstraw town attorney and Chairman of Democratic party’s law committee
- David McKay, Huntington Housing Authority Chairman
New York State Judges
- Thomas J. Spargo
- Gerald Garson
- Victor Barron
- Michael Feinberg
- Manhattan Surrogate Judge Nora Anderson
Miscellaneous
- New York Racing Association
- James Gass, New York State Banking Department, Bank Examiner