http://politicalscandalnews.com/topic/pedro-espada2010-09-15T16:17:20Z2010-09-15T16:17:20ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-09-15:/photo/embattled-ny-pols-ousted-2346837p/

FILE - This July 12, 2010 file photo shows <a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York</a> state <a title="New York State Senate" href="/topic/New+York+State+Senate" >Senate</a> majority leader <a title="Pedro Espada" href="/topic/Pedro+Espada" >Pedro Espada Jr.</a> speaking at a sidewalk news conference in the <a title="The Bronx" href="/topic/The+Bronx" >Bronx</a> <a title="New York City" href="/topic/New+York+City" >borough of New York</a>. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)<div id="cop...

2010-06-26T10:20:32ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-06-26:/photo/ny-senator-federal-raid-2237424p/

<a title="Federal Bureau of Investigation" href="/topic/Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation" >FBI</a> and <a title="Internal Revenue Service" href="/topic/Internal+Revenue+Service" >Internal Revenue Service</a> agents haul away boxes during the raid of the government-funded clinic run by <a title="New York State Senate" href="/topic/New+York+State+Senate" >New York Senate</a> majority leader <a title="Pedro Espada" href="/topic/Pedro+Espada" >Pedro Espada Jr.</a> at the <a title="Soundview" href="/t...

2010-06-26T10:20:24ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-06-26:/photo/aptopix-ny-senator-federal-raid-2237418p/

<a title="Federal Bureau of Investigation" href="/topic/Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation" >FBI</a> and <a title="Internal Revenue Service" href="/topic/Internal+Revenue+Service" >Internal Revenue Service</a> agents raid the government-funded clinic run by <a title="New York State Senate" href="/topic/New+York+State+Senate" >New York Senate</a> majority leader <a title="Pedro Espada" href="/topic/Pedro+Espada" >Pedro Espada Jr.</a>, at the <a title="Soundview" href="/topic/Soundview" >Soundview</a...

2010-06-26T10:20:02ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-06-26:/photo/cuomo-espada-2236383p/

Senate <a title="Pedro Espada" href="/topic/Pedro+Espada" >Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr.</a>, D-<a title="The Bronx" href="/topic/The+Bronx" >Bronx</a>, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in <a title="Albany" href="/topic/Albany" >Albany</a>, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. <a title="Andrew Cuomo" href="/topic/Andrew+Cuomo" >New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo</a> on Tuesday announced he will file suit against Espada accusing the fellow Democrat of siphoning $14 million fro...

2010-06-26T02:52:51ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-06-26:/photo/ny-senate-coup-1391219p/

<a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York State</a> Sens. Malcom Smith, left, <a title="Bill Perkins" href="/topic/Bill+Perkins" >Bill Perkins</a>, center, and <a title="Pedro Espada" href="/topic/Pedro+Espada" >Pedro Espada, Jr.</a>, enjoy a laugh as Espada was named Senate Majority leader after returning to the <a title="Democrat Coalition" href="/topic/Democrat+Coalition" >Democrat Coalition</a> during a news conference after a special session of the <a title="New York State Senate...