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The stink of corruption continues to linger over Cuomo's administration, with one former top aide to the governor recently convicted of fraud and accepting bribes, and another headed to trial on corruption charges in June.
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Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.
Even more recently, many have questioned the appropriateness of the governor's promoting a top aide with deep family ties to powerful lobbyists to the highest - ranking position in his administration.
Cuomo is still looking for ways stick it to his fellow Democrat, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, and in fact things recently took a turn for the worse, reportedly due to the mayor's hiring of Karen Hinton, a former Cuomo ally and wife of his ex-top aide, Howard Glaser, without first getting the governor's blessing.
When asked recently, de Blasio has only said in general terms that he and his aides continue to talk with the governor and his team.
The housing agency that delivered the bond work to Cuomo's donors was until recently headed by Cuomo appointee Bill Mulrow — a Blackstone Group LP lobbyist who was subsequently appointed to serve as the governor's top aide.
Shortly after the Daily News reported Friday that Howe, former Cuomo top aide and longtime friend Joseph Percoco, and others close to the governor were being probed by the feds, Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David issued a statement saying that the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's probe «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»
Comella replaces Melissa DeRosa, who was recently promoted to be secretary to the governor, making her his top aide.
Aides to Cuomo, in the wake of recent corruption scandals that have also hit his administration, recently told the Daily News the governor would not go to bat for any raises unless the Legislature agrees to a new round of ethics reforms.
The 80 - page complaint names Joe Percoco, until recently a top aide to the governor, and the head of the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, who is the highest paid official in the state.
Cuomo's administration recently lost counsel Mylan Denerstein — one of its highest - ranking female aides, and one of few women ever to have made it into the governor's inner circle.