Thruway Authority chairman hasn’t publicly disclosed finances
By Scott Waldman and Laura Nahmias
ALBANY—Howard Milstein, the billionaire chairman of the New York State Thruway Authority, does not appear to have filed a publicly available financial disclosure form, even though he is legally required to do so.
Milstein, a real estate developer and bank executive appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to chair the Thruway Authority in 2011, has been a generous Cuomo campaign donor.
The Thruway Authority is currently in charge of the state's largest public works project, the $4 billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement. Without Milstein's disclosure, the public is prevented from knowing if any of his business interests would be in conflict with one of the country's most prominent public infrastructure projects.
The state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics last week released financial disclosures for the six other Thruway Authority board members as well as for its executive director. It did not release any disclosure for Milstein, who does not appear to have filed a public financial disclosure form for any of the three years he has been on the Thruway Authority. The penalty for not filing the legally required disclosure is a fine of up to $40,000, according to the JCOPE website.
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