Tagged: Andrew Cuomo

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3:01pm

Tue April 23, 2013
Government

Cuomo will join talks on upstate cities' fiscal problems

Credit City of Syracuse
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signaled he will join the discussion between the mayors of upstate New York's biggest cities on how to deal with their looming fiscal struggles.

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5:52am

Mon April 22, 2013
Politics and Government

Board of Elections reform discussed in Albany

Anti-corruption proposals are proliferating in Albany, following two high-profile bribery scandals. Some of them focus on the long-neglected New York State Board of Elections, which hasn’t even had an investigator on staff in over a year.

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6:31am

Thu April 18, 2013
Politics and Government

Poll finds New Yorkers want more action against corruption

A poll finds New Yorkers are upset about recent corruption scandals in Albany, and think that Gov. Andrew Cuomo should take the lead to clean things up.

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9:10am

Wed April 17, 2013
Politics and Government

Cuomo, Assembly Democrats roll out reform ideas

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The New York State Capitol.

At the New York State Capitol, lawmakers are scrambling to put forward plans to react to the recent twin corruption scandals involving bribery charges against a state Senator and Assemblyman. On Tuesday, it was the Assembly Democrats’ turn to weigh in. Gov. Andrew Cuomo also rolled out two more components of his own reform plan.

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9:09am

Thu April 11, 2013
Politics and Government

Reform groups say Cuomo's plan to empower DAs is a good first step

Government reform groups say they are pleased that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has now proposed step one in his plan to clean up corruption in state government, following two high profile arrests of state lawmakers.

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5:50am

Wed April 10, 2013
Politics and Government

Cuomo proposes empowering DAs to help fight political corruption

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s district attorneys are pushing for laws to make it easier to prosecute bribery and public corruption cases, in the wake of recent scandals in Albany.

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7:52pm

Sun April 7, 2013
Politics and Government

Cuomo's budget victory tour overshadowed by scandals in the legislature

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been touring statewide to promote the newly passed state budget, saying it shows that New York state is functional again. But not everyone is completely convinced.

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3:27pm

Wed April 3, 2013
Politics

Cuomo says relationship with Syracuse Mayor Miner is "fine"

Credit Zack Seward / WXXI

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his relationship with Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is "fine," but the two have not talked in a few months.

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4:23pm

Fri March 29, 2013

11:02am

Thu March 28, 2013
Politics and Government

This year's state budget negotiations follow closed-door tradition

It's known as the “three men in a room” style of decision making. For decades now, the governor and the two party's legislative leaders meet behind closed doors in the governor’s offices and decide key issues, like the contents of the state budget.

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5:46am

Wed March 27, 2013
Politics

IDAs retain right to give out state tax breaks in budget win

New York's numerous economic development bodies will still have the ability to give out state-level tax breaks in a deal struck with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in state budget negotiations.

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