By means of Edith Honan and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested on Tuesday and charged with looking to purchase a place on the Republican ticket in the metropolis’s mayoral race, in what prosecutors stated was once a part of a bribery scandal that mirrored pervasive corruption in New York politics. Five different politicians, three Republicans and two Democrats, were also arrested and charged with collectively accepting more than $one hundred,000 in bribes in conferences that often occurred in parked automobiles, resort rooms and state workplaces, according to courtroom papers. …