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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A commission charged with investigating public corruption in Albany said in its first report Monday that deep and comprehensive reform can not wait.

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.

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In July, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined with Governor Cuomo in appointing a «Commission to Investigate Public Corruption» under the Moreland Act and Executive Law section 63 (8), with Attorney General Schneiderman deputizing each of the commission members as a deputy attorney general.

Bharara also opened an inquiry into the governor's own «commission to investigate public corruption,» which, in his vintage Cuomo panache, he launched with as much self - congratulatory fanfare as possible.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

This isn't the first time a commission formed under Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been tasked with reviewing ethics in New York, though the recent Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was unceremoniously shuttered before it could complete its work.

He should revive the Moreland Commission as a truly independent body, with the power to investigate, subpoena, and prosecute public corruption throughout the state, even if it affects those close to him.

Writing in The Huffington Post, Cuomo defended the deal he struck with lawmakers to disband the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption while vowing to press on with reforms.

In a preliminary report, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption expressed frustration with its inability to determine who funneled money into Common Sense Principles» attack efforts.

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.

He's currently being investigated by a certain US Attorney with a hard on for public corruption cases.

«I'm not so sure Gov. Christie would want to be hanging out with Gov. Cuomo,» Astorino said in Kingston, citing Cuomo's 42 percent favorable rating in this week's Marist College poll and the federal inquiry into his handling of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

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.

The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, formed by Mr. Cuomo in 2013, turned up evidence of potentially criminal wrongdoing by from six to 12 lawmakers, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing a commissioner and people familiar with the matter.

When Governor Cuomo unceremoniously pulled the plug on the Moreland Act Commission Investigating Public Corruption as part of a deal with legislative leaders in exchange for weak ethics reforms, even the most optimistic New Yorkers were left depressed.

Last year, on July 28, 2014, Governor Cuomo called the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption (created by Governor Cuomo in July 2013 and shuttered less than a year later) a «phenomenal success,» following a report into the relationship between the governor's office and Moreland amid reports that Cuomo was being investigated by United States Attorney Preet Bharara for interfering with the commission's work.

«That almost happened with the Moreland Commission — but it turned out to be a little bit fleeting,» he said, referring to the commission established by Cuomo to investigate public corruption, which was later disbanded by the governor as part of a budget deal.

Rogers is a former FBI agent who spent much of his time with the bureau investigating public corruption cases.

ALBANY — On Friday, Republican and Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate, along with two major law firms that employ some of their members, legally challenged subpoenas by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

Cuomo and his associates are engaged in a war of words that began with legislative resistance to his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, and culminated yesterday when Democratic State Committee executive director Rodney Capel called on a Republican - allied Democratic senator to «register Republican.»

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.

ALBANY — While a dozen of his Senate colleagues are fighting in court, State Senator Mark Grisanti has decided to comply with a subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, he told Capital.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo personally met with the leaders of his Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption two days before they sent subpoenas to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, newly posted state records show.

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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.

A key issue is whether in fact the Moreland Commission appointed by Cuomo to investigate public corruption was a mere instrument of the governor — with which he could do whatever he pleased — or an independent entity.

Extell and other luxury developers such as Larry Silverstein and Joseph Sitt that benefited from the legislation have been hit with subpeonas by a special commission created by Cuomo to investigate public corruption.

The feds are investigating Cuomo's abrupt closing of his own Moreland Commission to Combat Public Corruption and Skelos» dealings with a law firm that paid him between $ 150,000 to $ 250,000 last year.

Former deputy mayor Steven M. Casey, the man often credited with orchestrating Byron W. Brown's climb to power, has met at least twice with FBI agents investigating public corruption, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation.

The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was co-chaired by Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, was shut down suddenly by Cuomo in March 2014 as part of a state budget deal with leaders of the state Legislature.

Both the Democrat - dominated State Assembly and the State Senate, which is controlled by Republicans in a coalition with five breakaway Democrats, eliminated funding for the Cuomo - convened Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

A member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission, formed in July 2014 to investigate public corruption, Soares failed to follow up with his own corruption probes after the commission was disbanded — even though he had clear jurisdiction as Albany DA.

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Nearly a year has passed since the New York Times published a series of lengthy articles questioning whether the Cuomo administration interfered with a Moreland Commission the governor created to investigate public corruption in the Legislature.

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