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Mug Shots: Alan Hevesi. [Diego Ribadeneira]

Immigration: Schwarzenegger, Bloomberg, Bratton meet Obama. [Michael Memoli]

Immigration: They are "stakeholders" says the White House. [David Jackson]

Birther Documents: Spitzer engages Trump. [CNN]

NY26: Hochul spent $51,000; Crowin spent $600,000; Davis spent $1.47 million. [Jerry Zremeski] 

Investments: Schneiderman put his money in a Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/roundup-stakeholders-washington Sunday Reading: Spitzer Can Roil Democrats in 2013, Cops Get Probed

Libya: Obama's speech in March "seemed to elevate the absence of a doctrine to a doctrine." [Bill Keller]

2013: "Eliot running as an independent would be an asset to a Republican nominee because it would create a division of loyalty in the Democratic base," says Dick Grasso. [Michael Saul]

2013: Christine Quinn Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/sunday-reading-spitzer-can-roil-democrats-2013-cops-get-probed Roundup: Samuels Measures Cuomo’s Reform Credentials, Trump Gets Decoded

Chris Matthews discusses Trump's impact on the 2012 GOP field, and if he's really serious.

NJ Rhetoric: Christie wants media to "take the bat out" against a critic. [AP]

Media: What Trump really meant by "saved" the Daily News. [Michael Calderone]

Albany Reform: Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/roundup-samuels-measures-cuomos-reform-credentials-trump-gets-decoded Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi Going to Jail; ‘Cannot Put a Price on Public Integrity’ Says Cuomo

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The state's former comptroller, Alan Hevesi, was sentened today to one to four years in prison.

Hevesi pleaded guilty to trading access to the state's pension fund in exchange for favors and campaign cash. His lawyer pleaded for leniency, citing Hevesi's long record Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/politics/former-state-comptroller-alan-hevesi-going-jail-least-year Is Alan Hevesi Next? “I would say the walls are closing in on Mr. Hevesi,” Columbia University law professor John Coffee told Bloomberg News yesterday, citing the recent plea deals for some of the intermediary players in the pension fund's pay-to-play scandal. That could mean they're now cooperating witnesses on a case that goes all the way to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/cuomo-might-have-act-hevesi After Bruno Verdict, Cuomo Again Asks for More Power to Police Albany ALBANY—Andrew Cuomo has a proposal to tighten up ethics enforcement in the wake of the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno: just let him do it.

"You can go create another bureaucracy, and if it was a truly independent bureaucracy, I would support it," Cuomo said on a conference call, in Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/after-bruno-verdict-cuomo-again-asks-more-power-police-albany Cuomo: Still ‘Systemic Corruption Issues’ in Comptroller’s Office ALBANY—Andrew Cuomo just announced the latest in his ongoing probe of the state comptroller's office: a guilty plea from a California-based private equity manager made in connection with what Cuomo called "an old-fashioned, 'pay off of state officials' case."

"This is effectively bribery of state officials. And not just one, but a number of Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/cuomo-still-systemic-corruption-issues-comptrollers-office Two Plead Guilty in Pension Fund Investigation ALBANY—Two more people have pleaded guilty and are cooperating with Andrew Cuomo's investigation into "pay-to-play" at the state pension fund.

Under agreements announced in court today, former Liberal Party chairman Ray Harding pleaded guilty to a felony as well as a misdemeanor, with the understanding that Cuomo's prosecutors could recommend the felony conviction be Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/5563/two-plead-guilty-pension-fund-investigation DiNapoli Shows Tainted Fund Returns ALBANY—Many of the investments named in a pay-to-play scandal under Alan Hevesi's tenure as comptroller made money for the state's pension fund, according to a chart just released by current comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Since the scandal broke earlier this year--it resulted in the indictments of two of Hevesi's top aides and other criminal Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/5123/dinapoli-shows-tainted-fund-returns In Pension-Probe Announcement, Cuomo Makes the Hevesi Argument Andrew Cuomo told reporters this morning that a private equity firm has agreed to pay $30 million and adopt a new code of conduct as part of the attorney general's two-year-old probe of the state pension fund.

Cuomo announced the deal with Riverstone Holding LLC, and said that new code of conduct – Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3980/pension-probe-cuomo-makes-hevesi-argument In Pension-Probe Announcement, Cuomo Makes the Hevesi Argument Andrew Cuomo told reporters this morning that a private equity firm has agreed to pay $30 million and adopt a new code of conduct as part of the attorney general's two-year-old probe of the state pension fund. Cuomo announced the deal with Riverstone Holding LLC, and said that new code of conduct – which bars Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/pension-probe-announcement-cuomo-makes-hevesi-argument Cuomo Unveils Code of Conduct, Gets Carlyle to Sign On ALBANY—As attorney general, he can't directly legislate, but Andrew Cuomo has created a code of conduct for investment firms doing business with public pension funds and announced that a major firm, The Carlyle Group, has signed on. Carlyle will also pay a $20 million settlement for allegedly improper business deals with the state pension fund Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/cuomo-unveils-code-conduct-gets-carlyle-sign Cuomo Unveils Code of Conduct, Gets Carlyle to Sign On ALBANY—As attorney general, he can't directly legislate, but Andrew Cuomo has created a code of conduct for investment firms doing business with public pension funds and announced that a major firm, The Carlyle Group, has signed on.

Carlyle will also pay a $20 million settlement for allegedly improper business deals with the state Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3543/cuomo-unveils-code-conduct-gets-carlyle-sign Calling All Middle Men: Cuomo Subpoenas Lots of Pension Lobbyists Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has issued more than 100 subpoenas of placement agents doing business before public pension funds, part of his ongoing inquiry into the large pools of public money.

Those subpoenaed, as reported today, include some of Albany's most prominent lobbyists. Cuomo said he did not believe that any elected officials were Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3344/calling-middle-men-cuomo-subpoenas-pension-lobbyists Calling All Middle Men: Cuomo Subpoenas Lots of Pension Lobbyists Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has issued more than 100 subpoenas of placement agents doing business before public pension funds, part of his ongoing inquiry into the large pools of public money. Those subpoenaed, as reported today, include some of Albany's most prominent lobbyists. Cuomo said he did not believe that any elected officials were among Read More

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