Andrew Cuomo Gives Boost to Possible Jeff Klein Challenge
ROSS BARKAN
Just call him AG.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today pumped up Oliver Koppell’s potential challenge of State Senator Jeff Klein, the co-majority leader of the State Senate.
Asked by a reporter for his thoughts about “Assemblyman Koppell’s” potential bid–Mr. Koppell is a former Bronx assemblyman, councilman and one-time attorney general–Mr. Cuomo referred to the ex-lawmaker by his highest title, attorney general, and said Mr. Koppell was heeding “good advice” by waiting until April to decide whether to pull the trigger.
“I think the, what was said, he was going to wait–former Attorney General Koppell–was going to see what happened on April 1 whether or not the state passed the budget and what the state budget looked like and then he was going to assess whether or not this was a relationship was working,” Mr. Cuomo said. “And I think that’s good advice, I’m going to do the same thing, I’m going to focus on getting a budget passed and April 1 we’ll know whether or not we were successful and who did what.”
http://politicker.com/2014/03/andrew-cuomo-gives-boost-to-possible-jeff-klein-challenge/