The “Big Three” and Buffalo Billions with Side siphoning while a little larceny goes a long way.
This is that Albany classic corruption and influence peddling exercise that the Moreland Comission seemed primed to expose.
Moreland Commission, where did they disappear to and why? Who pulled the plug after launching with great fanfare? Inquiring minds want to know and will polygraph tests be the new oath of office litmus test?
Supreme Court Potter Stewart said it succinctly.
“I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.”
Another words, if it reeks, it’s rotten and this ones a stinker!
Where’s Glenwood Management in this project?
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Percoco had full reign to do what ever he wanted when Cuomo worked as AG. Same in the governors office he had his dirty hands on all the hiring too. How many employees lives did he ruin and careers? How many people couldn't get hired because he had the final say? While the HR Dept in all these agencies, and so-called EEO offices ignored and failed their employees.
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Another New York Democrat, another indictment on corruption charges. I suppose the "he may be a crook, but at least he's my crook" mentality will never end in New York. Low information voters who don't pay much in taxes leads to a cesspool of corruption and the reelection of the most corrupt politicians. Thankfully, federal prosecutors sometimes nail these corrupt politicians.
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This is pretty unfortunate for Gov. Cuomo, because even though it seems his hands are clean in this, it still shows remarkably bad judgment by him. Why didn't he catch on to Mr. Percoco? And it brings up, again, why exactly did Gov. Cuomo shut down the commission looking into corruption? I think this case just emphasizes the latter question, and that's the main thing that should stop Gov. Cuomo from trying for the presidency. Having a governor act to the benefit of corruption is never a good thing, that's how Gov. Christie managed to destroy his reputation, through the bridge scandal.
Also I hear Todd Howe, a star witness in this, has gone on to form the firm Dewey, Bribem, and Howe. I simply could not resist saying that.
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Are you kidding me, "Cuomo has national ambitions??!!"
The entitled scion who has clawed his way to his current role on only one strength, his surname--Cuomo.
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I work in NY but my home is in WA state. It seems that there is a constant stream of officials in NY being indicted and convicted for corruption, something that FiveThirtyEight confirms.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ranking-the-states-from-most-to-lea...
Ranking The States From Most To Least Corrupt
We can look at the absolute number of public officials convicted in federal court on corruption. On that score, New York was No. 1 from 1976 to 2010 with 2,522 convictions. California was No. 2, Illinois No. 3, Florida No. 4 and Pennsylvania No. 5. Yet it’s clear from this list that the most corrupt states are also the states with the biggest populations.
While most states ranked high in one measure and low in another, New York ranked in the top 15 for most corrupt in every category.
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John's reprinted numerical data and assertions are very murky. Sure NYS has a lot of corruption but you can't tell anything about the relative scale of corruption across states from the limited #'s and link that John cut and pasted. Maybe NYS also has more or better oversight in some places. Maybe WA isn't doing enough oversight. Maybe it's easier to be convicted in NYS or harder in WA. What about some effort to weight the gravity of the crimes? The sentence beginning with "Yet it's clear...." is a prizewinner for lack of clarity. It's far from clear.
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New York State politics is horribly corrupt - we all know this and yet the corruption goes on and on. It is so bad that after 50 years of living in the state, I am finally considering establishing residency elsewhere. Between the rampant corruption and the back breaking taxes, it's too difficult to stay here. The only way to fix it is to knock the whole thing down and start over. And I'm not going to hold my breath for that to happen.
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Big government, big power, always seems to lead to corruption. Why are so many Americans so in favor of big government despite the clear and repetitive economic history of the disasters of socialism? viva Venezuela?
Let's all be grateful for capitalism, despite the imperfection
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As if NYS has anything in common with Venezuela. Last I checked, NYS and NYC were capitalist.
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Dear Joe Yohka,
Well, definitely mention this to the GOP, Trump's administration has been all about trampling states' rights and making government bigger. But Venezuela is not socialist, it's a dictatorship, and dictatorships really are the most corrupt types of government. On the other hand, adopting some socialist measures within a capitalist democracy, like the health care systems in Canada, Britain, Japan, Germany, and elsewhere, seems to work very well. An entirely socialist system has never existed yet, just a batch of totalitarian systems claiming to be socialist.
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How does Cuomo keep skating on the corruption in Albany? Spitzer, Silver, Skelos, Howe, Percoro; the list goes on and on. Yet Cuomo claims no knowledge of any of the big bucks pay for play payoffs. Come on, somebody needs to connect the dots and tell the real truth. When your political cronies all prove to be dirty, chances are really good that you are dirty also.
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Was Glenwood Management a large format Cuomo campaign donor? Follow the money.
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'The crook behind the phony'. Ed Koch never forgave the son for plastering 'Vote for Cuomo, not the Homo' flyers on lampposts in Queens. He'd have quite a bit to say today.
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The Koch Administration had its own corruption scandals. Koch had a big mouth but didn't watch his own political associates closely.
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