Thursday, July 24, 2014

7-24-14 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School:







Cuomo Remains In Hiding After NY Times Moreland Story
Governor Cuomo was supposed to appear at a fundraiser last night:Cuomo slated to appear at Bronx County Dems dinner tonight, a public event. Info here: pic.twitter.com/Qxr3DnRFDG— Blake Zeff (@blakezeff) July 23, 2014But after the NY Times ran their Moreland tampering story, this happened: .@NYGovCuomo cancels only public appearance of day. #inhiding— Bill O'Reilly (@wfbor) July 23, 2014State of P

Bharara Reiterates He's Taking Moreland Investigations Wherever The Evidence Leads
This sounds like a reply from US Attorney Preet Bharara to Governor Cuomo's thinly-veiled message to Bharara that was in the Times yesterday, the 13 page "response" to the Times story about Cuomo's Moreland tampering in which Cuomo restated that he couldn't tamper with what was already his:ALBANY -- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara vowed that he has the “fearlessness and independence” needed

Did Cuomo Break The Law By Tampering With The Moreland Commission?
The answer is, maybe:Cuomo's camp contends his office had the right to guide the panel under the language of the 1907 Moreland Act, which allows the governor to investigate any executive branch agency or related entity. While past governors have used the statute to examine the inner workings of government and specific industries, it does not give the governor power to directly investigate the Legi

7-23-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Cuomo And His Aides Under Federal Investigation For Moreland Commission MeddlingThat's one of the takeaways from this NY Times extraordinary epose on Cuomo's Moreland Commission meddling that appeared today:The commission developed a list of promising targets, including a lawmaker suspected of using campaign funds to support a girlfriend in another state and pay tanning-salo