The Cuomo administration has defended its now much - maligned 90 - day email purge policy in part by saying it's really noting new, insisting it dates back — at least in the executive chamber — to 2007, which was the first full year of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's short - lived tenure. (nystateofpolitics.com)
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has decided to scrap the controversial 90 - day email purge policy put in place by his predecessor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is now taking considerable heat from good government advocates, editorial boards and state lawmakers for instituting the policy across all executive agencies. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The fact that the governor's executive chamber began 90 - day email purges in 2007 — before Cuomo took office — is no excuse. (reinventalbany.org)