Former New York comptroller Alan Hevesi, tarnished by public scandals, dies at 83

FILE - Former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi awaits sentencing in Manhattan State Supreme Court, April 15, 2011, in New York. Hevesi, a longtime elected official from New York City who resigned as state comptroller amid one scandal and later served prison time for another involving influence-peddling, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. He was 83. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Hevesi, a longtime elected official from New York City who resigned as state comptroller amid one scandal and later served prison time after a “pay-to-play†corruption probe, died Thursday. He was 83.

A release from his family said he passed away peacefully surrounded by his children and loved ones. He died of Lewy body dementia, according to a spokesperson.

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