preet Bharara

FEW NAMES STRIKE more fear in the hearts of New York politicians than that of U.S. Attorney Preet

Bharara.

Between taking down Wall Street inside traders, drug traffickers and international terrorists, the hardcharging federal prosecutor has bagged more than his share of corrupt public officials — including several members of the City Council and state Legislature.

Even Gov. Cuomo has felt the heat, when Bharara publicly blasted the governor’s decision to shut down an anti-corruption commission — in a deal cut with legislative leaders who were among those being probed.

Bharara not only opened an investigation of the panel’s demise, but also took possession of its files — a potential mother lode of sleaze for his office to go after.

All of Albany waits for the next indictment to drop.