Draft:List of New York political scandals

This is a timeline of political scandals in the State of New York, United States.

Primarily included here are events involving officials that led to their expulsion, conviction, or resignation. Events leading to officials being rebuked, denounced, censured, admonished, condemned, suspended, reprimanded, found in contempt, found to have acted improperly, or of using poor judgment are not included, unless the scandal is exceptional. Events involving a politician that took place before or after their term in office are not included, unless they specifically stem from acts made while in office, and were discovered afterwards.

2015

 * John L. Sampson (D) State Senator of 19th District, was charged with attempting to cover up the embezzlement of $400,000 from the sale of foreclosed homes by a developer. He was convicted of obstructing justice and making false statements and sentenced to five years in prison.
 * William Scarborough (D) State Assembly, pled guilty to the illegal use of campaign funds and resigned his seat. He was then tried, convicted and sentenced to 13 months in federal prison.
 * Sheldon Silver (D) State Assembly was indicted on charges that he had collected nearly $4 million in bribes and kickbacks. He was convicted which was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was retried and convicted again and sentenced to 7 years.

2016

 * William Nojay (R) State Assembly from District 113, was being investigated for embezzlement from a trust fund for which he was responsible. He was due in court for indictment, when he killed himself. The court records were sealed.
 * Marc Panepinto (D) State Senator of the 60th District, was accused of sexually harassing a female staff member and then offering her money and/or a job to not testify against him. Though there was no public disclosure, he abruptly decided not to run for re-election. Later, he pled guilty to one charge of corruption and was sentenced to two months in prison.
 * John Girodes (R) Candidate for State Senate in Harlem in District 30. During the campaign, he was accused of running a false apartment rental scheme which bilked thousands of dollars from prospective renters. He was found guilty and sentenced to three to six years in prison.
 * John Michalek (D) Justice of the NY Supreme Court, was accused of bribery for arranging illegal donations to Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo. He pled guilty and resigned from the bench.

2017

 * Sam Hoyt (D) State Assembly from the 144th District, and president of Empire State Development, was charged with sexual harassment by a women with whom he had a two year relationship. Hoyt paid her $50,000 in hush money, but was sued by the woman anyway. He then resigned his position.

2018

 * Pamela Harris (D) State Assembly from the 46th District, was accused of fraudulently claiming that Hurricane Sandy forced her from her sea side home and allowed her to collect government relief funds from several different programs, which she then spent on expensive vacations and luxury goods. She pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making false statements to the Federal Emergency Management Administration and witness tampering. She was sentenced to 6 months in jail.
 * Eric T. Schneiderman (D) NY State Attorney General, was accused of physical abuse by three women he was intimate with and one other unnamed women when the charges were made public, he resigned.
 * Joseph Percoco (D) Executive Deputy Secretary to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (D) was accused of soliciting and accepting $300,000 in bribes from two energy companies in conjunction with the Buffalo Billion development plan. He was found guilty and sentenced to six years.

2020

 * Andrew Cuomo (D) Governor, was accused by eleven women of sexual harassment and retaliation. He resigned.

2022

 * Brian Benjamin (D) Lt. Governor was accused of bribery, fraud, conspiracy and falsification of records for a scheme to accept campaign contributions in exchange for his influence in obtaining a $50K state grant to a not for profit. He resigned.
 * Robert M. Berliner (D) State Supreme Court Judge from Rockland in the 9th Judicial District, was accused of engaging in prohibited political activity by introducing judicial candidates at political rallies. He resigned.

See also:

 * List of federal political scandals in the United States
 * List of federal political sex scandals in the United States