Sentences with phrase «longtime aides to governor»

ALBANY — Several longtime aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo received 10 percent salary increases at the start of the Democratic governor's second term, payroll records obtained by Capital show.

A longtime aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Percoco was one of nine men charged in connection with the alleged schemes.

She was replaced as chief of staff formally last week by Linda Lacewell, a longtime aide to the governor dating back to his time as attorney general.

Linda Lacewell, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff and a longtime aide to the governor, began her testimony Wednesday afternoon.

Not exact matches

The federal corruption conviction of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former fixer and longtime top aide, Joe Percoco, further yoked the two - term governor to a broken culture in Albany that he has long tried to campaign against, marking a nadir in Cuomo's governorship and only the start of a political headache that is likely to intensify.

The News reported that Bharara's probe, which first came to light last year, was focusing on Joe Percoco, a longtime aide and confidante who the Democratic governor has likened to a brother.

The probe began a year ago and appears to have honed in on Joseph Percoco, a former key aide and longtime family friend of the governor.

That stance, attributed to an unnamed aide, comes days after his administration was hit with its biggest scandal to date with the unveiling of a criminal complaint against former Cuomo aide and longtime friend of the governor Joseph Percoco and now - suspended SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, among others.

Some senior Cuomo aides, waiting for the next shoe to drop, have stopped taking calls from other high - level state officials and many, including longtime loyalists to the governor, are talking privately about lasting damage to their reputations from what they believe is Bharara's widening probe, the sources said.

Paterson told associates that Silver began seeking his ouster months ago, well before last week's bombshell allegation that he and his staff sought to block a Bronx woman from seeking an order of protection against David Johnson, the governor's longtime aide.

Prospective jurors were largely oblivious to an anti-corruption demonstration outside Manhattan federal court before the criminal trial began Monday for a longtime aide to New York's governor.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Prospective jurors were largely oblivious to an anti-corruption demonstration outside Manhattan federal court before the criminal trial began Monday for a longtime aide to New York's governor.

According to the Times Union, longtime Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco recruited members of the commission to issue statements saying they had been independent of the governor's office.

The federal probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects has extended to several members of the governor's inner circle, including his former aide Joe Percoco, longtime lobbyist Todd Howe, and companies who have worked on a portfolio of upstate economic development projects.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the WAMC Locked Box and the progress of the upcoming fund drive, the government shut down, and longtime aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, on trial today.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, who is seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, challenged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday to «man up» and explain the ethics revelations emerging from the bribery trial of a longtime top aide to the governor.

The court resumes Wednesday, when Governor Cuomo's chief of staff and longtime aide Linda Lacewell is expected to take the stand.

Shortly after the Daily News reported Friday that Howe, former Cuomo top aide and longtime friend Joseph Percoco, and others close to the governor were being probed by the feds, Cuomo Counsel Alfonso David issued a statement saying that the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's probe «has recently raised questions of improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees involved in the respective programs and may have defrauded the state.»

For six weeks, jurors had mostly been listening to evidence the government presented to prove its claim that Percoco, a longtime confidante and top aide to New York's Democratic governor, had accepted more than $ 300,000 in bribes from the businessmen who needed his help with state business.

The governor subsequently said the federal investigation, being conducted by the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, seems to be focused on the actions of two of his longtime associates, lobbyist Todd Howe and former top aide Joe Percoco.