<p>That's the number of days that Assemb. Earlene Hooper (D-Hempstead) spent in Albany last year. She received the highest reimbursement for travel, lodging and meal expenses of any state lawmaker in 2009 - $41,680, according to state records. Hooper's time in the capital exceeded even that of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who logged 109 days.</p>

That's the number of days that Assemb. Earlene Hooper (D-Hempstead) spent in Albany last year. She received the highest reimbursement for travel, lodging and meal expenses of any state lawmaker in 2009 - $41,680, according to state records. Hooper's time in the capital exceeded even that of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who logged 109 days.

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