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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.
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Several of Obama's former top aides responded quickly on Twitter, slamming the president's comments and calling him a liar.
WASHINGTON — Former president Barack Obama's top campaign aide on Tuesday rejected comparisons between Obama's extensive use of Facebook data to turn out voters in the 2012 election and the actions of Cambridge Analytica, a data and political intelligence firm ejected last week by Facebook in a growing controversy over social - media privacy.
NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is poised to announce that Harold Ickes, a veteran Democratic operative and former top aide to President Clinton, has agreed to serve on the board of his office's nonprofit arm, the Fund for Public Advocacy.
Next year, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, will go on trial along with the former president of SUNY Nanotech and upstate developers, who are accused of being involved in a bribery and bid - rigging scheme for economic development projects.
The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.
Maria Comella, a former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who has ample experience working on GOP presidential campaigns, is crossing party lines and the Hudson River to become Cuomo's new chief of staff.
Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.
The head of the state's Republican Party has filed a formal complaint with the state's public ethics commission, alleging that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his former top aide — Percoco, now on trial for bribery — broke the state's public officers law.
Using a handwritten note to remind him of his thoughts on the matter, Cuomo also dismissed critics and called his former top aide's crimes «a total aberration,» adding: «We strive for total integrity and this is a total aberration from the people who work in the administration.»
The conviction of Cuomo's former top aide, Percoco, on corruption charges this past Tuesday is leading to renewed calls for greater oversight of the state's economic development programs.
A federal grand jury in Manhattan Tuesday returned a 14 - count indictment of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and seven others on corruption charges in two wide - ranging bribery schemes to rig bids and wield influence on upstate development projects.
Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.
NEW YORK (AP)-- A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom deal - making.
The call comes following the March conviction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joseph Percoco on bribery charges that involved state business with two companies, including the power plant.
The prosecution and defense offered two very different versions of events in the trial of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and three business associates in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
First up on Jan. 22 is the trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, and others related to alleged corruption and bribery in connection with Cuomo's economic development efforts.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his top aides were indicted in federal court on Wednesday for allegedly trying to cover up former Police Chief James Burke's beating of a suspect in 2012.
A federal jury found Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco guilty on three counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.
The Silver ruling will not affect the federal corruption trials later this year of nine former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including Cuomo's former top aide, on bribery and bid - rigging because those trials will take place after the Supreme Court's McDonnell ruling.
A top Senate aide to former majority leader Dean Skelos set up a meeting on fracking with the state Department of Health for AbTech Industries without disclosing the company was paying Skelos» son, Adam, $ 10,000 a month, a former state health official testified Wednesday at the Skelos corruption trial.
Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo and a consultant for COR, he's accused of accepting bribes in return for state assistance on development projects.
Adding to the tensions, de Blasio was said to have hired Karen Hinton, the wife of former top Cuomo aide Howard Glaser, without giving the governor a heads up on the appointment.
Molinaro blasted the Democrat's leadership and what he called a «culture of corruption,» while referring to the recent conviction of Joseph Percoco, the governor's former top aide, on bribery charges.
During his earlier remarks, he referred to last month's conviction of the governor's former top aide on corruption charges.
A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday set the start of the corruption trial of Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for Oct. 30.
Silver, who would become the longest - serving speaker in state history next year, has survived previous ethical scandals, including widespread complaints over his handling of sexual harassment charges against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the earlier conviction of his top aide, Michael Boxley, on a charge of sexual misconduct.
Others, including the governor's former top aide, face trials later this year on charges of bribery and bid - rigging.
Meanwhile, Cuomo's favorability rating fell to 52 percent to 40 percent, though that remains little changed from last month — suggesting the trial of the governor's former top aide Joe Percoco did little to sway voters» opinions and take its toll on Cuomo.
The blistering attack on de Blasio's integrity came less than two weeks after former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco was found guilty of corruption charges — and ahead of the corruption trial involving Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» economic - development program.
Paterson famously gave a second chance to former top aide David Johnson - who rose to become one of his most trusted advisers despite two arrests on felony drug charges as a teenager.
She was replaced by Dennis Walcott, a former Board of Education president and now top aide to the mayor on educational issues.
A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom dealmaking.
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,...
Separately on Friday, Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., a former executive, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of defrauding the company where he worked by misrepresenting that Cuomo's former top aide, Joseph Percoco, had obtained state ethics approval for his wife to work at the firm.
The news of a deepening scandal concerning perhaps the governor's most trusted former top aide is sure to roil the remaining weeks of the legislative session, that are to begin on Tuesday.
Republicans are counting on a weariness of Cuomo after two terms, as well as any damage to his reputation brought as a former top aide and confidant is being investigated by the U.S. attorney's office in a corruption case involving some of Cuomo's high - profile economic development projects.
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...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chief of staff testified at a criminal trial Wednesday that the Democrat expressed surprise when a former top aide told him about his financial dealings after a 2016 law enforcement raid on the aide's home.
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.
A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges Tuesday at a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom
Public records indicate that between January and June of this year, Genting spent $ 340,000 on lobbying, with $ 100,000 going to the Albany - based government - relations firm Meara Avella Dickinson; $ 25,000 going to Patricia Lynch and Associates, headed by the Assembly speaker's former top aide; $ 195,000 going to Cordo and Company; and $ 20,000 going to Empire Strategic Planning.
A former top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo had to appear in federal court Thursday as he prepares to be tried on corruption charges, but all of the drama occurred outside of the courtroom.
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.
Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.
Instead, it became evidence Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is on trial with three businessmen who allegedly paid him more than $ 300,000 in bribes.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco has been found guilty on three counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud by a federal jury in Manhattan today.
Prosecutors on Friday rejected a slew of pretrial arguments filed by eight men, including a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and an ex-SUNY Polytechnic Institute president, but said that U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni's idea to split the case into two trials was the best way forward.
The NY Post's Fred Dicker reports Team Cuomo is on «lockdown,» with tight - lipped aides fearful that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's ongoing investigation of the governor's former top aide Joseph Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe may snare other officials.
City & State magazine published on Tuesday an op / ed from a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo that, in essence, issued a subtle warning to lawmakers who may want to hold up the budget process this month: Do so and risk a scuttling of a pay increase at the end of next year.