NY legislator charged with misusing campaign funds

By Michael Virtanen

Published October 1, 2014 7:49pm ET

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NY legislator charged with misusing campaign funds — FILE--In this March 26, 2014 file photo, Assemblyman William Scarborough, D-Queens, talks to reporters outside his office in the Legislative Office Building in Albany, N.Y. Scarborough has been charged, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, by authorities with using his campaign funds for personal expenses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) | Mike Groll

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A longtime state assemblyman from New York City was charged Wednesday with felony counts of using his campaign funds for personal expenses and filing false claims for travel reimbursements.

William Scarborough, a 68-year-old Queens Democrat, was shackled and wearing a suit when he pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Albany County Court to charges of grand larceny and filing false campaign documents.

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