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Ex-Sen. Nicholas Spano released to halfway house after 8 months in prison

Nick Spano heads into Federal Court in White

Photo credit: Photo by Susan Stava | Nick Spano heads into Federal Court in White Plains. (June 18, 2012)

Disgraced former Republican state Sen. Nicholas A. Spano was released to a halfway house near his Yonkers home Tuesday after spending nearly eight months in a federal lockup following his tax fraud conviction, a prison official said.

Spano, 59, will spend the next three months reconnecting with relatives and preparing to re-enter society following a stint at a minimum-security federal prison...

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