Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was a free man for the first time in 20 months yesterday, released after serving time on a corruption conviction — but leaving the prison system down one disgraced New York politician.
Not to worry: Before Hevesi’s cot gets cold, along will come former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate — sentenced in federal court Monday to two years for sticky-fingered supervision of a not-for-profit he ran as a city councilman.
One pol out.
One pol in.
Karmic balance at the Crossbar Hotel?
Hevesi did his bit after playing a central role in a pay-to-play scheme involving the state pension fund.
Monserrate, who was expelled from the Senate for slashing his girlfriend before falling afoul of the feds on the not-for-profit caper, will report to prison in March.
He’ll likely be joined there by former Senate colleague Pedro Espada Jr. — convicted for looting his own not-for-profit, a Bronx health-care clinic.
Meanwhile, other pols are in the pipeline.
Who knows: Maybe there soon will be a New York wing at Club Fed.
Wouldn’t be hard to fill it.