Updated: NY Republicans Charge Governor Cuomo With Coverup Of Corruption Probe

Posted July 24, 2014 9:24 PM ET; Last updated July 30, 2014 9:15 PM ET

[From article]
Gov. Cuomo claimed Monday that his tainted anti-corruption panel — now under scrutiny by federal prosecutors — was an “overwhelming success” and said he shut it to save money for taxpayers.
Emerging publicly for the first time since a scathing exposé last week of his administration’s alleged meddling in the group’s work, Cuomo conceded his aides had input into the operation of the 25-member Moreland Commission panel, but insisted it was never told whom or what to investigate.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/29/cuomo-i-did-not-impede-my-anti-corruption-commission/

Cuomo: I shut corruption panel to save taxpayer money
By Pat Bailey and Carl Campanile
July 29, 2014 | 1:52am
New York Post

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Political foes of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are calling for prompt criminal investigation of his administration following a news report that his office thwarted attempts by his own special corruption commission to investigate groups with ties to him.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Secretary Larry Schwartz pressured commissioners to stop subpoenas to a media-buying firm Cuomo used and to the Real Estate Board of New York, whose members financially supported the governor’s campaign.
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Cuomo’s office tells the newspaper that it would be “a pure conflict of interest” for a commission appointed by the governor to investigate the governor.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/23/calls-for-criminal-probe-after-report-cuomo-thwarted-corruption-investigation/

GOP wants blood after report Cuomo thwarted corruption probe
By Associated Press
New York Post
July 23, 2014 | 11:49am