New York leads by the number of convictions for corruption

It's hard to believe, but that's what the report says - that the State of New York so far leads the country by the number of convictions for corruption.

The statistics per se appears to be not bad - it can certainly be interpreted as if New York is trying to clean up the mess of its public officials.  Yet, the statistical figures are what is called "unrepresentative" and tainted, because there is no indication as to which convictions, state, federal, both and in what proportion, were considered.

If convictions were by state courts - then we may have a ground for celebration since our corrupt courts can actually use some taxpayer-backed time to do their job instead of what they usually do - fixing cases for their friends, political contributors and potential contributors.

If convictions are by federal courts - that only shows that state courts, and state prosecutors, are unable and unwilling to fight corruption in the government in New York, which becomes more blatant and rampant by the day.

To future researchers and reporters - please, be clearer with the basis of your numbers, so that they actually show something instead of preventing proper interpretation of numbers provided.