Among other things, Mr. Teitelbaum is said to have told Robert Hermann, a close friend in the Spitzer administration, about the testimony of one of Mr. Spitzer's former aides, Darren Dopp, and about the commission's concerns that Mr. Dopp had been coerced by other
Spitzer administration officials into issuing a false statement.
Spitzer administration officials had claimed that Mr. Bruno was using state helicopters to travel to political events; Mr. Bruno had said he had done nothing improper and accused Mr. Spitzer's staff of improperly using the State Police to compile and release his travel records.
Over the past week, several former
Spitzer administration officials quietly reached out to refute that claim, saying they don't recall things operating that way during their time in the governor's office.
The five Democratic AG candidates are meeting today for a public forum in Manhattan that is sponsored by City Hall News and features opening remarks by former
Spitzer administration official Avi Schick.
Deputy Nassau County Executive Pat Foye (a former
Spitzer administration official) resigned in protest.
Former top
Spitzer administration official Lloyd Constantine pans the «Cuomo family folly» of casino gambling and suggestions Cuomo's convention center is better suited for Buffalo than Queens.
Not exact matches
Two days later, the newly - minted governor held a press conference to announce his transition team, which included no lobbyists or elected
officials to, as he put it, «maintain the public's confidence» in the process of transferring power from the Pataki
administration to the
Spitzer administration.
Sean Patrick Maloney, a onetime AG contender, LGBT advocate and ex -
Spitzer / Paterson
administration official, today endorsed Sen. Eric Schneiderman for the statewide office he unsuccessfully sought in 2006.
Maloney, a former top
official in the
Spitzer and Paterson
administrations, is one of five Democrats running in NY - 18.
Mr. Balboni, 47, will have the title of deputy secretary for public safety security, which was described in a news release issued by the
Spitzer administration as the «senior security and law enforcement
official.»
«There was a concern that the State Police not have as the No. 2 person someone who was wired into the old guard, the old Dan Wiese network,» a Cuomo
administration source said, referring to a former State Police
official and close political ally of Govs. George Pataki and Eliot
Spitzer.
Pat Foye, a former
official in the Cuomo and
Spitzer administrations, has withdrawn his name from consideration as the top
official at the MTA.
Administration officials are most likely concerned that the passage might bolster concerns raised by Mr.
Spitzer and his former aides that potential transgressions by Mr. Bruno were not fully examined.
Melissa DeRosa, Cuomo's director of communications, said in her first
official statement on the matter that a state policy of automatically deleting emails after 90 days originated in the
administration of Eliot
Spitzer.
Eliot
Spitzer, as well as Leecia Eve, a former economic development
official in the Cuomo
administration.