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As one Democratic source put it at the time, the appearances at the fundraisers show Cuomo is doing little to slow down his political activities after the arrest of his former top aide and others on bribery and bid rigging charges.

But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.

In December, Schneiderman sent a similar letter lambasting Cuomo's proposal to create a special criminal prosecutor to handle procurement matters — an action seen as a response to the federal investigation into upstate development projects that resulted in the arrest of a former top aide to the governor, among others.

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Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.

Paterson famously gave a second chance to former top aide David Johnson - who rose to become one of his most trusted advisers despite two arrests on felony drug charges as a teenager.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A prosecutor sought Monday to control the damage over the arrest of the government's star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo this week faulted the SUNY procurement process in the wake of the arrests, which included his former top aide Joe Percoco and SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros.

Cuomo is making the proposed changes after the arrests of prominent upstate developers, former SUNY Polytechnic leader Alain Kaloyeros and Joe Percoco, a former top aide and confidant to the governor, in a bribery and bid - rigging case.

Coincidentally, DiNapoli in the previous week had called for restoring his office's oversight of procurement procedures for non-profits after nine people, including a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, were arrested in an alleged bid rigging scheme.

But state legislators have been discussing proposed changes to procurement oversight in the wake of the scandal, which has seen the arrests of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and ex-SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros.

The star witness in the New York corruption case was arrested in February, midway through his testimony in the corruption trial of former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco and three businessmen, including Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi from Syracuse's Cor Development.