ALBANY– On the heels of a string of political scandals a new poll shows Americans believe the Empire State is in the lead when it comes to corruption.   The Monmouth University poll surveyed more than 1,000 randomly selected people of all parties across the country from March 30th through April 2nd. 12 percent of those surveyed said they believed New York was the most politically corrupt followed by California at 11 percent, Illinois at 9 percent, New Jersey and Texas both at 5 percent and Washington D.C. at 4 percent.   “It’s disheartening to hear,” Hoosick Falls resident Neal Turner said. “We do pay an awful lot of taxes and we do have a certain, I have a certain, expectation and I’m a little disheartened.”   “With the publicity surrounding what’s been going on at the Capitol with different politicians I think that’s the general perception,” Albany resident Susan Larivee said.

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