Aides to the governor said UNICEF is largely footing the bill for the rebuilding work, with some supplies having been donated as well.
But a top
aide to the governor said it might be awhile before the proposals could become law and take effect.
Cuomo offered no details of his proposed «Collins - Faso Federal Tax,» but
an aide to the governor said it would have to be worked out with the state Legislature.
Aides to the governor said UNICEF is largely footing the bill for the rebuilding work, with some supplies having been donated as well.
UPDATED New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pursuing a resolution to an impasse with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in the city's attempt to secure access to state funds to launch a new program to help the homeless move out of shelters,
an aide to the governor said Wednesday.
An aide to the governor said Mr. Paterson would still like to see the same - sex marriage bill come to a vote in the coming weeks, but Democratic leaders have resisted holding a vote unless it was assured of victory.»
Not exact matches
Paterson's top
aide, Larry Schwartz, (now a top
aide to Cuomo; oh, what a tangled web we weave),
said at the time that the
governor was «open - minded» about Dinallo's proposal, but nothing ever came of it.
A former
aide who had spoken
to Spitzer during the campaign
said the former
governor was surprised by the ferocity of the editorials that urged voters
to not give him another shot, but had also acknowledged he faced an uphill fight given the more tangible institutional opposition.
When pressed on whether it's «realistic»
to believe that the
governor, who has a reputation of being something of a micromanager, did not know what his top
aide was up
to, Bharara
said simply: «It's not my job
to comment on what is realistic or unrealistic.»
In his first public appearance after the corruption conviction of a former top
aide, Joe Percoco, Cuomo acknowledged he had known that Percoco was using government offices while working for the
governor's 2014 campaign team, but
said he believed the work was not political and related
to the transition.
As a political neophyte, Khojasteh
says he recognizes what he doesn't know, and therefore hired some recognizable names
to assist him in his Senate quest, including Mollie Fullington, a former Pataki administration spokeswoman, who is handling media; and Mike Lawler, an Astorino administration
aide who ran the former county executive's failed 2014 run for
governor, as campaign manager.
Nixon went on
to critique the
governor's record on ethics,
saying he closed down a Moreland Act Commission that was actively investigating corruption in state government, and earlier this month saw his former closest
aide convicted of bribery.
While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators
to appoint the person with that role, Mangano
aides say the mayor or
governor directly selects them in the city and state.
More than a decade after the state's highest court ordered New York lawmakers
to spend billions of dollars more a year on schools,
Governor Cuomo and his top
aides are moving further away from ever fulfilling the order,
say critics.
And spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer
says as soon as the
Governor learned that his former top
aide was charged with corruption, he hired an outside firm
to assess any weak points and corrected the system
to «
to increase transparency and accountability.»
State Sen. John DeFrancisco, a GOP candidate for
governor,
said testimony and evidence in the trial showed that when Percoco was off the state payroll for most of 2014, and managing Cuomo's re-election campaign, he continued
to use his state offices and privileges, making 837 phone calls and meeting with other Cuomo
aides.
Over the past three years, 314 home rule bills were passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the
governor,
aides to Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx)
say.
«Maria Comella is a great friend and has been a valued asset
to the
governor and this administration,»
said Melissa DeRosa, who as secretary
to the
governor is Cuomo's top
aide, in a statement.
Another source
said that some of the
aides of Tinubu had
said that it was important for him
to let the world know how Buhari pleaded with the former
governor to be his running mate
saying that his choice of popular Lagos pastor and tele - evangelist, Pastor Tunde Bakare would not fetch him the needed victory.
Adding
to the tensions, de Blasio was
said to have hired Karen Hinton, the wife of former top Cuomo
aide Howard Glaser, without giving the
governor a heads up on the appointment.
Joseph Percoco, an
aide and sometime enforcer
to the current
Governor Cuomo who also served the first Governor Cuomo, was said to provide comic relief, recounting how the current governor frequently gives him grief about his tie, or his
Governor Cuomo who also served the first
Governor Cuomo, was said to provide comic relief, recounting how the current governor frequently gives him grief about his tie, or his
Governor Cuomo, was
said to provide comic relief, recounting how the current
governor frequently gives him grief about his tie, or his
governor frequently gives him grief about his tie, or his weight.
In the letter, The Times
says, Bharara threatened
to investigate the
governor's
aides and maybe even Cuomo himself for «possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering.»
«By definition the commission took advice and opinion from many, many people,» Cuomo
said Monday in response
to questions about a top
aide's communication with the Moreland Commission, a group appointed last year by the Democratic
governor.
His comments came during private budget talks with top
aides, a source close
to the
governor said.
He
said some of the
governor's top
aides and allies viewed the economic development and energy policies «as a gold rush, where they were supposed
to make themselves wealthy.»
The inspector - General of police, Ibrahim Idris, thereafter defended his decision
saying it was a deliberate move
to forestall reoccurrence of involving
governor's
aides in electoral malpractice.
Gubernatorial press
aides then contacted several reporters, three of them
said, hoping
to have them ask if the
governor was inclined
to give state lawmakers a pay raise this year.
Mr. Cuomo's
aides have long
said that they plan
to attack Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive and Republican candidate for
governor, over his opposition
to abortion rights, which they
say is out of step with the position of the vast majority of New Yorkers.
Sola Fasure, media
aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement
said...
Cuomo issued a report in weeks not months, essentially
saying that the State Police at the behest of the
governor's top
aides, had recreated reports on Senator Bruno's flights and fed them
to the Times - Union.
The
governor, speaking at a briefing in New York City,
says he spent the day Sunday touring the state, and he
says he and his
aides have done all they can at this point
to prepare for the storm.
The Secretary
to the State Government of Ekiti State (SSG), Dr. Modupe Alade on Thursday
said Governor Ayodele Fayose's
aides are all living in fear in...
«I am being realistic about politics,» Paterson
said, alluding
to the scandal involving contacts he and members of his state police security detail had with a woman who was seeking a court restraining order against one of the
governor's closest
aides.
Some senior Cuomo
aides, waiting for the next shoe
to drop, have stopped taking calls from other high - level state officials and many, including longtime loyalists
to the
governor, are talking privately about lasting damage
to their reputations from what they believe is Bharara's widening probe, the sources
said.
Cahill, a top
aide and official in former
Governor George Pataki's Administration,
says as Attorney General he'd bring more focus
to creating jobs and helping small business, improving education and protecting Charter Schools, and fighting crime.
Maloney, who served as White House staff secretary under Bill Clinton and was a top
aide to governors Spitzer and Paterson,
said he was not chiefly motivated
to support Quinn simply because she would be New York City's first female and first openly gay mayor.
The
governor didn't initially plan
to tour the Aloft Hotel construction site, but Kennedy
said he added it
to Cuomo's itinerary at the insistence of top
aide Joseph Percoco, Kennedy testified in Manhattan federal court.
He has
said he knew nothing about the alleged kickback scheme, and another
aide testified the
governor was shocked
to learn of the investigation of one of his closest confidants.
Sean Finnerty, who headed natural gas development at Competitive Power Ventures,
said it was a «red flag» when government relations executive Peter Galbraith Kelly told him the money was going
to a spouse of a top
aide to the
governor of New York.
With his former top
aide facing a federal probe for potential conflicts of interest for consulting work,
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D - N.Y.) has
said twice now that he did not know what the former close associate of the Cuomo family was up
to.
He
says there's no way of knowing, though, whether Percoco's rehiring forms were actually viewed by the
governor or other top
aides around him, but he
says there's a simpler way
to have determined if any conflicts existed.
Fran Reiter, a former top
aide to Cuomo,
said the
governor's appointees would not be voting.
In it, the paper
says, Bharara threatened
to investigate the
governor's
aides and maybe even Cuomo himself for «possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering.»
In a radio interview Thursday, Bharara declined
to say whether his investigation will extend
to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of a New York Times report that some top Cuomo
aides meddled in the work of the supposedly independent commission, created by the
governor.
Catsimatidis
said the heavy focus was on how
to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo
aides and associates, including one set
to begin next week involving long - time close
aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the
governor.
Cuomo
said he doesn't regret failing
to ask his former top
aide Joe Percoco
to identify the private consulting clients he worked for during the seven months he was away from the Executive Chamber in 2014 — the same period in which Percoco was serving as the campaign manager of the
governor's re-election effort.
He
said during the meeting of the
Governors Forum held in Abuja, the forum unanimously condemned the decision by former presidential
aide, Ahmed Gulak,
to forcefully declare himself as chairman of the party.
According
to the Times Union, longtime Cuomo
aide Joseph Percoco recruited members of the commission
to issue statements
saying they had been independent of the
governor's office.
Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has been outspoken in his opposition
to a gas power plant under construction in Orange County,
says the project should be scrapped altogether in the wake of the corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which showed the company behind it, Competitive Power Ventures, allegedly bribed a former top
aide to the
governor, Joe Percoco, seeking favorable treatment from the administration.
«The
Governor is calling an extraordinary legislative session for Wednesday, June 28 to take up the issue of Mayoral Control,» said Melissa DeRosa, the governor's secretary and t
Governor is calling an extraordinary legislative session for Wednesday, June 28
to take up the issue of Mayoral Control,»
said Melissa DeRosa, the
governor's secretary and t
governor's secretary and top
aide.