| Looks like Hevesi just blinked.
Capitol Confidential has the scoop:
Hevesi expected to step down by Friday
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi will agree this week to resign to avoid an indictment stemming from an ethics scandal in which he used public employees to chauffeur his wife, according to sources familiar with his decision.Hevesi, one of the state's highest-ranking elected officials, will consent to stepping down from the post he has held since January 2003 by Friday morning at the latest as part of a plea deal with Albany County District Attorney David Soares.
The comptroller, a 66-year-old Queens Democrat, will also plead guilty to a criminal charge, which will not be higher than a Class E felony and will not require him to spend any time in jail, according to the sources.
I was really hoping that the reason that Alan was playing hardball was that he had some juicy dirt on some other Albany bigs. Looks like, even if he did, it wasn't juicy enough. |
