Sentences with phrase «investigate public corruption came»
That big New York Times article detailing the Cuomo administration's interference with the panel he created to investigate public corruption came a little more than two months after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara seized the commission's records, and publicly excoriated the governor for shuttering it before its scheduled sunset.
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Last year, lawmakers agreed to new anti-corruption laws and an independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections that came as the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was closed.
The trip also came after several weeks of bad press for the governor, who is under fire for his office's involvement in the Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption.
The Skelos news also comes a year after the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was shuttered following an agreement on ethics reform in the state budget in 2014.
Maziarz's campaign fund first came under scrutiny when the state Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption investigated possible crimes involving election law, campaign expenditures and fundraising in 2013.
The change in lead counsel came just weeks after several sources reported that former Deputy Mayor Steven Casey met at least twice with FBI agents investigating public corruption.