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FBI investigating alleged corruption in state Assembly, Senate

State lawmakers in the Assembly and the Senate are coming under scrutiny from the FBI. The state Capitol offices of an assemblyman were raided, and a state senator gave a tour of her home property in an attempt to debunk allegations from federal investigators that she engaged in an illegal land deal.

Assemblyman William Scarborough's offices were raided by the FBI, over allegations that he overcharged for travel, lodging and meal reimbursements paid to lawmakers when they gather in Albany for weekly sessions.

Scarborough says he's innocent.

Meanwhile, Sen. Kathy Marchione denies published reports that she's under scrutiny from the FBI over a land deal, where she purchased a three-acre buffer zone around her Saratoga County house form a developer who is also a campaign contributor.

Marchione invited the media to tour her property.

"It was absolutely a simple land transaction. There was no preferential treatment that certainly I'm aware of."

She says her dealings with the developer have always been above the table.

Neither lawmaker has been charged with any wrongdoing.

Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 public radio stations in New York State. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.