Ex-Sen. Monserrate gets 2 years in prison
Photo credit: Anthony Lanzilote | Former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate leaves Federal Court in Manhattan after being sentenced to 24 months in prison for corruption. (Dec. 11, 2012)
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Comparing him to Richard Nixon, a federal judge sentenced Hiram Monserrate to 2 years in prison for filling his campaign coffers with taxpayer money.
Despite a teary-eyed plea for mercy from the disgraced state senator and former city councilman, Judge Colleen McMahon showed her anger at Monserrate for using more than $94,000 in discretionary funds for political campaigns instead of community...
