
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb says Wednesday that recall elections are working in 19 other states where more than a dozen state legislators were removed after 36 recall elections.
The New York proposal would allow for recall votes every general election in November.
Several legislators and former Democratic Comptroller Alan Hevesi have won re-election while under investigation and even under indictment. But Assemblyman James Tedisco, the sponsor of the bill, notes recent exceptions as voters have become fed up with corruption in New York politics.