In January 2013, just a month into Westchester
State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins»
tenure as the first female
legislative leader in New York
State history, the Senate Democratic conference was in crisis.
Looming in the background is Preet Bharara, the former United
States attorney for the Southern District of New York whose
tenure included multiple investigations of
state officials for corruption, indicting a top aide to Mr. Cuomo and the top two
legislative leaders in Albany.