What took so long? Also, is Andy Coumo, the man who stopped the State investigation of Silver, the next to fall? It seems kind of shady to stop an investigation that was closing in on the kill doesn't it?
What took so long? Also, is Andy Coumo, the man who stopped the State investigation of Silver, the next to fall? It seems kind of shady to stop an investigation that was closing in on the kill doesn't it?
NY Politis is as sleazy as Illinois and Louisiana politics.
Cuomo created the Moreland Commission and claims he can shut it down.
From the NYTimes:
Less than two weeks after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo abruptly shut down a commission he had formed to investigate political corruption in New York State, the United States attorney in Manhattan is sharply questioning the governor’s decision and is taking possession of all of the panel’s case files, according to letters sent to the commission’s members on April 3 and again on Wednesday afternoon.
The move by the United States attorney, Preet Bharara, amounted to an unusual rebuke of Mr. Cuomo, a former prosecutor himself, who swept into office four years ago promising to clean up what many have called a culture of corruption in Albany.
The investigation into Sheldon Silver was impeded and shut down so fortunately the feds stepped in.
Cuomo’s Push to End Moreland Commission Draws BacklashMARCH 31, 2014
Mr. Cuomo created the panel, the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, in July, with great fanfare and a broad mandate to restore public trust in government. But watchdog groups raised concerns about the panel’s credibility after reports about interference by the governor’s office, which leaned on the commission to limit the scope of its investigations, influence which subpoenas it would issue, and in some cases, stop the commission from issuing subpoenas to groups with ties to Mr. Cuomo.
On March 29, Mr. Cuomo announced that as part of budget negotiations between his office and the Legislature, the panel, more commonly known as the Moreland Commission, was being disbanded.