SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Ninety-seven percent of New York voters say it's important that lawmakers pass new laws to combat corruption in state government, but two-thirds of them are pessimistic the governor and Legislature will do that this year.
On the day that former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is scheduled to be sentenced for public corruption crimes, a new Siena College poll found 93 percent of New York voters said they believe corruption in state government is a very serious or somewhat serious problem.
Sixty-five percent of the 802 registered voters polled said that they think corruption is a very serious or somewhat serious problem even among lawmakers from their area.
"As the former Assembly speaker and former Senate majority leader are about to be sentenced after their corruption convictions, corruption is very much the issue for New Yorkers right now," said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.
Forty-two percent of those polled had an unfavorable opinion of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and the Legislature fared even worse. Forty-eight percent had an unfavorable opinion of the state Senate and 47 percent had an unfavorable opinion of the state Assembly
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