He said he's sure that
indictments against de Blasio will eventually materialize, and that the party is waiting to see what happens before launching their full - scale opposition.
Of course, if Vance concludes a crime was committed and seeks
an indictment against de Blasio, Sugarman could go down as the state bureaucrat who brought down a mayor.
Not exact matches
A well - spring of
indictments against legislators, a session in which experienced negotiators were missing from the table and an increasing willingness by traditional Democrats, now led by
de Blasio, to call Cuomo out have all contributed to a slide in the governor's approval rating.
In December, he went so far to tell fellow Democrats that if a federal probe into
de Blasio's fundraising resulted in an
indictment, he planned to run
against him in the primary.
While some might disagree with his assertion — particularly about the state government, with Albany being known as a hotbed of corruption and political
indictments — Mr.
de Blasio cited entities like the city and state comptrollers and the city's Campaign Finance Board, Conflicts of Interest Board, and Department of Investigation as strong protections
against corruption.