Sentences with phrase «panel investigating public corruption»

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said last week that New Yorkers should «sleep better» knowing the panel, called the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, was formed in response to the arrest earlier this year of three sitting lawmakers.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman stressed Tuesday that the Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption should remain independent, following reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's staff had involved itself in the panel's subpoena decisions.

A Siena College poll this week shows that most New Yorkers don't know about the Moreland Commission, a panel of district attorneys and law enforcement officials investigating public corruption in Albany.

Astorino continued his critique of the governor on multiple fronts, once again blasting him over an ongoing probe of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, a now - defunct panel created by Cuomo in 2013.

The New York story began as a state investigation initiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who created a panel called a Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption.

Bharara's support on Wednesday for creating another Moreland Commission to probe public corruption, prompting Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon to claim the popular former prosecutor's «endorsement» of her own efforts for a similar investigating panel.

The ad points to Cuomo's handling of the Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption and the reported involvement by the governor's office in directing or blocking subpoenas by the panel.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups called for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in New York City.

At the time, Cuomo was facing sharp criticism for abruptly shutting down his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, amid accusations that the dismantling of the panel was done to curry favor with then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Cuomo's three previous uses of the Moreland Act were initiated by executive orders: His 2011 investiture of then - Inspector General Ellen Biben to investigate Nassau County Police Department's Forensic Evidence; his 2012 creation of a panel to assess how utilities on Long Island responded to three powerful storms that hammered the region; and his 2013 decision to create the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was shut down by Cuomo midway through its planned 18 - montinvestigate Nassau County Police Department's Forensic Evidence; his 2012 creation of a panel to assess how utilities on Long Island responded to three powerful storms that hammered the region; and his 2013 decision to create the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was shut down by Cuomo midway through its planned 18 - montInvestigate Public Corruption, which was shut down by Cuomo midway through its planned 18 - month lifespan.

The Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in mid-2013 after the Legislature bypassed his «Clean Up Albany» initiative, had a prominent Rockland figure on it 25 - member panel: District Attorney Thomas Zugibe.

Shifting into this mode, Astorino has blasted Cuomo for his handling of the Moreland Commission To Investigate Public Corruption, a now - defunct anti-corruption panel being reviewed by the U.S. attorney's office.

Interference from the governor's office has been the subject of an inquiry by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, related to the governor's decision to close down an ethics panel called the Moreland Commission charged with investigating public corruption.

The improper use of campaign money and the abuse of travel reimbursements were among the subjects investigated by the Moreland Commission, a panel that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, created last year to investigate public corruption, but shut down in March.

ALBANY — The Cuomo - created state panel that investigated public corruption spent over $ 350,000 in its nine months of existence for travel, information technology and data analysis, records show.

In 2013, the governor convened a panel called the Moreland Commission to investigate public corruption.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says there is «no question» that subpoenas issued to legislators by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption will be upheld if challenged, but that the 25 - member panel should be strategic about whether it picks a fight with legislators.

That description directly contradicts several things, including the fact that the panel was named «The Commission to Investigate Public Corruption,» and that 10 of its 25 members were sitting district attorneys.

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.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups on Wednesday called for Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in the city.

In response, the governor in July appointed a Moreland Act panel to investigate public corruption.