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Newly Disclosed Emails Show Andrew Cuomo's Office Knew More Than They Let On About the Bridgegate Coverup
Brendan O'Connor · 07/05/16 09:50AMAndrew Cuomo's Display of Solidarity Much Bigger Than Bill de Blasio's
Brendan O'Connor · 06/30/16 12:10PMOn Thursday morning, the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio sent a press release announcing that City Hall would be lit orange to mark the final day of National Gun Violence Awareness Month. Not to be outdone, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced, an hour later, that 1 World Trade Center would also be lit orange.
Andrew Cuomo Pushes Tepid Campaign Finance Reform as Preet Bharara Finds Corruption "Everywhere We Look"
Brendan O'Connor · 06/09/16 08:50AMOn Wednesday, shortly after Norman Seabrook, president of New York City’s jail officers’ union, was arrested on corruption charges, Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a speech promising new regulations on independent expenditure committees (a.k.a. super PACs). This is the fourth time in five years that the governor has proposed such regulations, Politico reports, which—even in the unlikely event of them passing—would not actually do very much to ameliorate corruption in New York.
Feds Subpoena City Hall and Mayoral Allies in Fundraising Probe
Brendan O'Connor · 04/28/16 09:30AMSeveral of Bill de Blasio’s closest aides and political allies have been hit with subpoenas as part of the unfolding investigation by federal and state prosecutors into the mayor’s fundraising activities. De Blasio himself “has not been personally served,” Maya Wiley, counsel to the mayor, told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday night.
Former Aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo Appointed Chairman of State Anti-Corruption Board
Brendan O'Connor · 03/22/16 08:15PMHamilton Nolan · 03/14/16 02:53PM
Cuomo Administration Demanded Investigation into NYC Homeless Shelter "Gang Rape" That Police Say Didn't Happen
Brendan O'Connor · 02/22/16 11:55PM“You Were Wrong!” New York Assemblyman Calls Out Cuomo at State of the State Address
Andy Cush · 01/13/16 02:40PMU.S. Attorney Will Not Bring Charges Against Gov. Andrew Cuomo Over Shuttering of Moreland Commission
Brendan O'Connor · 01/11/16 07:10PMOn Monday, Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that his office, which had been investigating Governor Andrew Cuomo’s abrupt disbandment of the anticorruption Moreland Commission, in March 2014, would not bring criminal charges against the governor.
NY Post Report: Governor Cuomo Slacked on "Substantial" Child Support Payments for Years
Allie Jones · 12/07/15 10:32AMNew York to Throw Corporate Welfare at GE, Which Poisoned New York
Hamilton Nolan · 08/27/15 08:48AMWhat Is Legionnaires' Disease And How Is it Affecting These Politicians' Idiot Rivalry?
Gabrielle Bluestone · 08/12/15 10:20AMBrendan O'Connor · 07/18/15 10:45AM
“A network of limited liability companies tied to a Kiryas Joel developer has given Governor Andrew Cuomo $250,000 in 2015, more than any other source. These donations were made less than a week after the governor vetoed a bill leaders of the Hasidic village described as restricting its development.”
Andrew Cuomo Just Suspended Part of His Own Gun Control Plan
Brendan O'Connor · 07/11/15 10:15AMOn Friday, in a deal with the State Senate’s Republican majority, Governor Andrew Cuomo (alignment: chaotic evil) agreed to suspend a plan requiring background checks on ammunition sales. This would seem to undermine at least in part the signature gun control measures he passed in his first term as governor.
De Blasio Is Mad as Hell at You, Cuomo
Dayna Evans · 07/01/15 02:10PMMayor Bill de Blasio has finally started to fill his size 49 Strawbridge’s loafers. On Tuesday afternoon, he called a meeting with members of the press to spit some brassy words about sitting Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo. The verdict? De Blasio is mad as hell and he isn’t gonna take this—meaning Cuomo’s—shit anymore.
Cuomo: Big-Dicked Convict and His Pal Dreamt of Fleeing to Sunny Mexico
Taylor Berman · 06/29/15 11:20AMThe big-dicked murderer Richard Matt and his killer buddy David Sweat originally planned on escaping to vibrant, scenic Mexico after their daring prison break earlier this month, according to New York governor Andrew Cuomo. The duo’s scheme allegedly fell apart when Clinton Correctional Facility employee Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell failed to pick them up outside the prison. Tillie!
Russell Simmons Called De Blasio a "Punk" and a "Bitch"
Brendan O'Connor · 06/21/15 09:20AMCuomo Announces "Emergency Measures" to Protect Workers at Nail Salons
Aleksander Chan · 05/11/15 09:13AMIn response to last week’s New York Times reports about the dangerous work conditions, low pay, and racism running rampant in New York nail salons, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced late Sunday a series of “emergency measures” and vowed that the state would no longer “stand idly by as workers are deprived of their hard-earned wages and robbed of their most basic rights.”