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GOP NY Senate candidate rips Gillibrand: Her ‘greatest success is self-promotion’ BY JOHN BOWDEN A GOP candidate running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday sharply criticized the New York Democrat. In an interview with John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York, Chele Farley attacked Gillibrand for her shifting on issues such as gun control, noting Gillibrand’s nickname…

Trial paints picture of iron fist at top of Cuomo administration By Tom Precious NEW YORK – It’s still an open question yet whether Joe Percoco engaged in a bribery scheme to steer money his way from executives who he helped with business pending before the Cuomo administration. But as his corruption trial continues in a…

Corruption trial: Percoco used government office while running Cuomo campaign By Tim Knauss [email protected], syracuse.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After he resigned his high-level state job to run Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign, Joseph Percoco continued to show up at his state office in the governor’s suite, according to evidence revealed today from the trial of Percoco and three business executives.…

The Case Against Cuomo BY SUSAN KANG The corrupt New York governor’s progressive reputation is a carefully stage-managed illusion. Since Trump’s election, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, the son of popular former governor Mario Cuomo, has positioned himself as a leader of the #Resistance. When Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords, Cuomo announced that he…

Cuomo falling short on vows to ‘Clean Up Albany’ By Carl Campanile January 28, 2018 | 6:59pm Gov. Cuomo campaigned for office in 2010 vowing to “Clean Up Albany” by cracking down on fat-cat campaign contributions and “pay-to-play” political corruption. In a 115-page booklet of proposed ethics reforms, the state’s then-attorney general railed against business-as-usual policies that he said let…

LOVETT: Corruption case against ex-Cuomo aide spurs GOP ad campaign attacking governor KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY — The state Republican Party is readying a digital ad campaign and rapid-response team in anticipation of the start of the federal corruption trial Monday of Joseph Percoco, a former longtime aide and close friend of Gov. Cuomo. Republicans hope…

Cuomo accused of corruption in affordable housing suit BY KYLE CAMPBELL JANUARY 17, 2018 A group of West Village Houses tenants have accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of participating in a pay-to-play deal that helped fund his political ambitions. According to attorney Massimo D’Angelo, Cuomo misled tenants about the long-term affordability of their homes when he worked…

ALBANY — Despite the sustained attacks on Washington Republicans by Gov. Cuomo and other top state Democrats, federal filings show the state GOP actually outraised the New York Democratic party in 2017. The two state parties each have federal accounts. According to the latest filing, the New York Republican federal account received a total of…

Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State Address removed any lingering doubts: His 2020 presidential campaign is on. The gov spent much of his 92-minute speech accusing Washington of an “attack” on New York. He again railed against the federal tax-cut law, which means pain for high-end earners in high-tax states like New York — and so threatens…