Mistrial may depend on jurors’ willingness to stay

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The corruption trial of three New York politicians will likely end in a mistrial unless enough jurors are willing to serve a month or so longer than they expected, a federal judge said Monday.

If the jurors can’t stick with the case, it will probably mean a whole new trial for state Sen. Malcolm Smith, former New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran and former Queens Republican leader Vincent Tabone.

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