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This is not partisan. If there are orders being followed, they came from Governor Cuomo's office. Cuomo wanted the OWS protestors prosecuted from the start (to impress the right?). Soares declined, saying he had more important crimes to prosecute. Cuomo and Soares have not liked each other since they came down on different sides of the "TrooperGate" issue involving Eliot Spitzer.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/12/cuomo-occupy-showdown-possible-over-park-curfew/
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/11/cuomo-supports-bloombergs-ows-action
One person he's obviously not happy with is Albany County District Attorney David Soares, who has said he will not prosecute protestors that Cuomo ordered be arrested by state police for trespassing on a state park outside the Capitol.
He called Soares stance "less than ideal" but refused to say whether he will seek--or even legally can order--a special prosecutor to handle the cases.
"It's less than an ideal situation, but at this time, we'll just continue to monitor it," Cuomo said."
http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/More-of-the-same-from-Cuomo-3780369.php
In a sloppy three-week rush to judgment and race for press primacy over competing investigations being conducted by Albany County District Attorney David Soares and then-Inspector General Kris Hamann, Cuomo's Troopergate report superficially addressed the Spitzer administration's sins and ignored and whitewashed Bruno's blatant misuse of the state fleet.
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