Governor Cuomo On The Take

Capital Confidential:

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has filed its six-month report with the Board of Elections, which is due today. The raw numbers:

Opening Balance: $27,811,546.11
Total Receipts: $7,019,967.87
Total Expenses: $1,507,972.95
Total On Hand (End of Period): $33,323,541.03

Whomp! By way of comparison, consider Cuomo’s previous five January filings:

• 2009: $5.6 million
• 2010: $16.1 million
• 2011: $4.2 million
• 2012: $14.4 million
• 2013: $22.5 million

This means that Cuomo has raised more in the past 12 months (about $300,000 more) than he’s raised at any point in his political career.

Capital Confidential notes the following:

Pro-charter New Yorkers for Putting Students First gave Cuomo $25K in Nov '13; same amount in Dec. '12.
— Capitol Confidential (@TUCapCon) January 15, 2014

And:

Another pro-charter group, Democrats for Education Reform, gave Cuomo $20K in past 6 months.
— Capitol Confidential (@TUCapCon) January 15, 2014

To which I said:

@TUCapCon @edbobgreen @NYGovCuomo No wonder Governor Cuomo promotes their agenda - they're funding it for him.
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) January 16, 2014

It's a joke when Cuomo points fingers at the Legislature in Albany for corruption - this guy's raking in the bucks from the real estate industry, the gambling industry, the education reform industry and giving them their preferred policies in return.