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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Congress Probes Cuomo Adminstration's Handling Of Hoosick Falls Water Crisis

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This is very, very good news: ALBANY — A congressional oversight committee has requested documents from the Cuomo administration and the...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

John Flanagan Rakes In $150K In Outside Income Despite Claims To The Contrary

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Go get him, Preet: ALBANY — Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan earned up to $150,000 last year from a Long Island law firm despite cl...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Cuomo Closely Tied To Politico Indicted For Bribery/Extortion

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Fred Dicker reported Governor Cuomo's close ties to indicted Western New York power broker Steven Pigeon in yesterday's New York Po...
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Monday, July 4, 2016

Cuomo Crony Scene Right Out Of Goodfellas

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The NY Post says this scene is right out of The Sopranos, but I see Goodfellas as the better comparison: ALBANY — Like a scene from “The ...
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Friday, July 1, 2016

Buffalo Schools General Counsel Linked To Pigeon Bribery/Extortion Case

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New details on the Steven Pigeon/John Michalek corruption case, with an education angle: A new element from Michalek and Pigeon’s relatio...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Cuomo Ally Pleads Not Guilty To Nine Count Felony Indictment (Update)

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Niagara Gazette: G. Steven Pigeon, a longtime Western New York political operative and former chairman of the Erie County Democratic Par...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Cuomo Ally To Be Arrested For Bribery

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Wheee!!!!! A New York State Supreme Court judge pleaded guilty on Wednesday to bribery in connection with the state attorney general’s i...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

Legal Fees In Cuomo Investigations Mount

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From Jimmy Vielkind at Politico NY: ALBANY — The state’s economic development authority is tripling the amount of money it’s spending to...
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Bharara Warns Cuomo And De Blasio He's Coming For Them

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Preet Bharara was on ABC this morning with a warning for both Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio: Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara public...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Closing In On De Blasio

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From the NY Times: Three New York Police Department commanders were arrested on Monday, along with a Brooklyn businessman, on federal...
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Monday, June 20, 2016

John Flanagan Is Nothing But Cuomo's Flunky

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Fred Dicker in the NY Post: As the 2016 session of the Legislature wrapped up last week and came to a typically ugly end in the wee hour...
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Saturday, June 18, 2016

New York Legislature Creates "Parallel System Of Charter Schools" In New York City

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In the middle of the night, John Flanagan shoved through an extension of mayoral control of NYC schools that essentially frees charter schoo...
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Friday, June 17, 2016

Stringer Readies Primary Challenge Against De Blasio

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Ross Barkan in New York Magazine: With next year’s election looming on the horizon, the progressive mayor is becoming vulnerable to a pri...
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Investigators Focus On De Blasio's Chief Fundraiser

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Enjoy that one year mayoral control extension, Bill - you're probably not going to make it to renewal time: Federal and state investi...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Cowardly Cuomo Has His Thugs Shut Down Criticism At Vigil For Orlando

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Sherry Wolf Confronts Gov. Cuomo at the Vigil for Orlando from TheDustyRebel on Vimeo .
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Moskowitz Backs Corrupt Ruben Diaz Jr. To Take On Corrupt Bill de Blasio

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This is funny: Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz may not be running for mayor in 2017, but she's raised money for a potential candid...
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Cuomo's Worried About The Corruption Probes

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That's the takeaway I get from the two pieces out in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times this morning about Joe Percoco and the C...
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

It's Pay-To-Play All The Way With Andrew Cuomo

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Jon Campbell takes an extensive look at Governor Cuomo's economic development programs and finds the following: Two of New York’s most...
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Friday, June 10, 2016

Note To Preet Bharara: Discrimination And Retaliation Is The Official Policy Of The NYCDOE

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From the NY Times: The federal government accused the New York City Department of Education in a lawsuit on Thursday of engaging in a ...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Is De Blasio Next?

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The NY Times: Of all the charges and the allegations in a 17-page criminal complaint accusing a powerful New York City union leader of...
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