New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke for the first time since news broke that his former close
associate is
under federal investigation for possibly taking illegal payments from developers working on state economic development projects.
In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive
federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the
investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances
under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the
investigation into a number of political
associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.