Sentences with phrase «of a former top aide»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political enemies are launching an all - out, online blitz as the corruption trial of a former top aide heats up this week with testimony from the prosecution's star witness.

Another famous governor across the Hudson River saw his political fortunes decline rapidly after the conviction of former top aides on corruption charges, but Cuomo's situation is markedly different from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's, Montclair State University professor of political science Brigid Harrison told POLITICO.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

The arrest of a former top aide on corruption charges was «an emotional situation» that was «very, very disappointing» for Gov. Cuomo, he said Wednesday.

«While I have you,» interviewer Ari Melber began, «we're speaking in the middle of a trial of one of your former top aides on bribery (charges).»

Cuomo, in a conference call with reporters Friday, was asked to comment on testimony at the trial of former top aide Joe Percoco, where Cuomo's current chief of staff testified that Percoco continued to periodically inhabit his office adjoining the governor's during a time when Percoco was off the state payroll, managing Cuomo's reelection campaign.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he has spoken to federal prosecutors regarding the prosecution of his former top aide and eight others involved in an economic development scandal.

Cuomo offered a brief explanation of his former top aide's involvement in a scandal now encompassing his administration, saying the actions of Joe Percoco were perfectly legitimate.

He announced those proposals in a hastily called news conference outside his office that was quickly swamped by questions about the federal investigation of his former top aide Joe Percoco and his former allegedly non-good-friend, the noted crypto - lobbyist Todd Howe.

When de Blasio was battling with Uber last year, Cuomo jumped into the fray to defend the company, where one of his former top aides now works, and say that a statewide policy is needed.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A jury has begun deliberating the fate of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Sentencing of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo - and northern Westchester resident - who was convicted of three felonies earlier this year has been postponed more than a month.

The governor's decision to appoint a private firm to investigate matters related to an unfolding federal criminal investigation — one that led to the indictment of a former top aide, Joe Percoco — raised questions at the time.

Ms. Nixon, the «Sex & the City» star who announced Monday she would challenge Mr. Cuomo in the Democratic primary, tore into his political sensitivities, including his alliance with Republican legislators, the problems with New York City's subways, and the recent corruption conviction of his former top aide Joseph Percoco.

MANHATTAN — Manslaughter charges against the son of a former top aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio's wife have been dismissed, prosecutors said Thursday.

The latest poll was taken after the start of a public corruption trial in New York City of a former top aide to Cuomo.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The government's star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was bracing for a scolding from prosecutors as he left the witness stand Thursday after admitting that his proclivity to tell lies did not end when he promised not...

In his first public appearance after the corruption conviction of a former top aide, Joe Percoco, Cuomo acknowledged he had known that Percoco was using government offices while working for the governor's 2014 campaign team, but said he believed the work was not political and related to the transition.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

As one Democratic source put it at the time, the appearances at the fundraisers show Cuomo is doing little to slow down his political activities after the arrest of his former top aide and others on bribery and bid rigging charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he has spoken to federal prosecutors regarding the prosecution of his former top aide and eight others involved in an economic development scandal.

Governor Cuomo offered a brief explanation of his former top aide's involvement in a scandal now encompassing his administration, saying the actions of Joe Percoco were perfectly legitimate.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke his silence Monday evening on the investigation of his former top aide Joe Percoco, he noted several times that during the period under examination by federal investigators, Percoco was nothing more than a «consultant» for his re-election campaign.

Still, Republicans hope Cuomo is unexpectedly vulnerable this year given the $ 1 billion tax and fee increases in the budget as well as the ongoing corruption trial of his former top aide, Joe Percoco.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has kept a relatively low media profile — at least with Albany reporters — during the federal corruption trial of his former top aide, Joe Percoco, but that has neither stopped nor reduced coverage of the proceedings, and there's more to come.

Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

The jury is deadlocked in the federal corruption trial of former top aide to Governor Cuomo, Joe Percoco.

Jurors in the federal corruption trial of the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo say they're deadlocked, but the judge told them to keep deliberating.

In his first public comments on last week's federal indictments of one of his former top aides, the former head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute and others, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is personally saddened by what has occurred and the Legislature should address changes to the state procurement process if they return for a special session before January.

Over a period of 24 hours, one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Republican opponents in his re-election race urged him to «man up» and speak to the press about the corruption trial of his former top aide and another repeated an ethnic slur, saying the governor and his aide ran his office «like the mafia» which in turn set back Italians.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The government's key witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the witness stand Monday against a friend he likened to a brother, saying he found corrupt businessmen willing to pay bribes to help his friend cope with...

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The government's star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was behind bars Friday for violating his cooperation agreement but will return to the witness stand Monday.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The government's star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was behind bars...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany's culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — calls that New York state lawmakers have shrugged off in the past.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The government's key witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the witness stand Monday against a friend he likened to a brother, saying he found corrupt businessmen willing to pay bribes to help his friend cope with financial difficulties.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Jurors in the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have gone home for the weekend after a sometimes rocky week of deliberations.

The jury in the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Tuesday that it was deadlocked, raising the specter of a mistrial.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The judge at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told jurors to keep trying after they again...

NEW YORK (AP)-- Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gov. Cuomo's approval rating hasn't suffered since the corruption conviction of his former top aide — and he'd trounce Cynthia Nixon if the left - leaning actress challenges him in a primary, according to a new poll.

NEW YORK (AP)- The jury in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has deliberated a fifth day without signs of discord revealed earlier in the week.

Two co-defendants at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo gloated that their alleged bribery scheme helped them get one over on an «S.HEAD» state official,...

Last week — Sunshine Week — saw the conviction of a former top aide to Governor Cuomo, a man who was once described as «brother» to the governor.

Jurors at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo saw photos on Tuesday of the governor palling around with a co-defendant charged in a «pay - to - play» bribery...

Jurors at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo saw photos on Tuesday of the governor palling around with a co-defendant charged in a «pay - to - play» bribery scheme involving a state - funded revitalization project upstate.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he would lie to avoid prison.

The conviction of a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo spurred fresh demands to address Albany's culture of backroom dealing Wednesday — calls that New York state lawmakers have shrugged off in the past.

The jury in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed back on track Thursday, completing a fifth day of deliberations without signs of the discord revealed on the fourth day.

ALBANY — An attorney for one of the defendants in the upcoming corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others wants a historical exhibit in a Manhattan courthouse removed or covered out of concern it could bias the jury.