Sentences with phrase «closest aides considered»

One of the President's closest aides considered resigning from his post.

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The former longtime and closest aide to Cuomo (whom the late Gov. Mario Cuomo considered a «third son,» Andrew Cuomo once said) now stands accused of using his influence to rig lucrative state construction contracts for campaign contributors who, in turn, paid him bribes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was so close to Steve Pigeon, who is now facing felony corruption charges, that he gave him a key role in his 2014 re-election campaign despite objections from political aides like Joseph Percoco and Larry Schwartz, who considered him «untrustworthy and a little sleazy,» a campaign source told The NY Post's Fred Dicker.

Ragone, who left the administration in early 2015, was considered de Blasio's closest aide during the mayor's first year in office.

Cuomo was so close to Pigeon — charged last week with nine felonies in connection with the alleged bribing of a state Supreme Court justice — that he gave him a key role in his 2014 re-election campaign despite objections from more important political aides like Joseph Percoco and Larry Schwartz, who considered him «untrustworthy and a little sleazy,» a source close to the campaign told The Post.