Sentences with phrase «alleged corruption surrounding»

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In the summer of 2014, after a series of news stories came out describing Cuomo secretary Larry Schwartz's alleged interference in the management of the governor's Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commission's demise.

But make no mistake: The cloud of alleged corruption now surrounding billions of dollars in state economic development investments is an outgrowth of Cuomo's highly secretive and centralized management style.

The level of secrecy surrounding the budget process in the National Assembly has invariably created a breeding place for alleged corruption.