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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2014, 01:22 PM Jul 2014

Cuomo: Moreland Was Never Interfered With

Nick Reisman

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday took more than 15 minutes worth of questions in Buffalo insisting the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption was not interfered with by his office, though he acknowledged conversations were had with his office and the commission’s leadership.

Cuomo, appearing in public for the first time since The New York Times’ extensive review of the commission’s work was published last week, said the conversations the panel had with his top aide, Larry Schwartz, were not tantamount to interference because the commission never acted on them.

The Times reported Schwartz emailed the commission’s leaders to claw back a subpoena that was to be issued to Buying Time, a media-buying firm that counted Cuomo among its clients.

Cuomo, speaking at SUNY Buffalo for an economic development announcement, today pointed to the commission not heeding Schwartz’s advice as a sign of independence.

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/07/cuomo-moreland-was-never-interfered-with/

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hrmjustin

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1. Hochul: Moreland Concerns ‘Hard To Fathom’

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Mon Jul 28, 2014, 01:39 PM

Jul 2014

Nick Reisman

Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul on Monday said it was “hard to fathom” why observers would find it improper that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office sought to play a role in the work of the subpoena-empowered Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption.

Hochul, in Lake George earlier this morning to meet with local officials, told Time Warner Cable News that Cuomo wanted to tackle corruption in Albany when he took office in 2011 in order to turn around state government’s poor reputation.

http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2014/07/hochul-moreland-concerns-hard-to-fathom/