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Press
Reporting, Editorials & Commentary on
the NYS Corruption
2015
December 22, 2014
"The
year's biggest winners and losers in state politics", NY Post, Fred
Dicker
December 29, 2014
"Legislators
eye boycott of Cuomo inauguration and State address", NY Post, Fred
Dicker
"Assembly
Speaker Silver was scrutinized by Moreland Commission", Wall Street
Journal
January 2, 2014
"Silver
expects to keep Assembly post despite investigation", NY Post, Aaron
Short
January 5, 2015
"Senate
dems disappointed over over reported GOP-IDC deal (updated)",
Capitol Confidential, Matthew Hamilton
January 7, 2015
"Session
begins, lacking drama", Albany Times Union, Matt Hamilton, Rick
Karlin
"New
Senate rules, or: it's nice to be consulted", Capitol Confidential,
Casey Seiler
"Watch:
they're not that into you, Shelly", Capitol Confidential, Casey
Seiler
"Assembly
session begins, Silver re-elected but for a few dissenters", Capitol
Confidential, Rick Karlin
"First
day of Senate session goes as expected", Capitol Confidential,
Matthew Hamilton
"Skelos
on bipartisanship: 'No reason to dramatically change something that has
worked well'", Capitol Confidential, Matthew Hamilton
January 8, 2015
"Graffeo
to Harris Beach", Capitol Confidential, Rick Karlin
New York State Assembly: Getting Back to Work: Montesano pushes for
progress in 2015, Long Island Exchange
January 12, 2015
"Assembly
republican blocks coup effort against Sheldon Silver", New York Post
(Fred Dicker)
January 14, 2015
"Disgraced
Ex-Assemblyman Victor Lopez used $177,724 from campaign account to pay
lawyers", Daily News, Glenn Blain
January 15, 2015
"Cuomo
campaign spends $100K on criminal-defense attorney", Gannett, Jon
Campbell
January 16, 2015
"Andrew
Cuomo's Top Aide Lobbied for Firms with State Business"
International Business Times, Mark Cook-Cunningham
January 21, 2015
"Wanted:
A Cuomo war on Corruption", Lawrence Norden
January 21, 2015
"Wrong
fix for Albany: "Why public financing fails", New York Post, Stephen
Eide
January 22, 2015
"Cuomo
calls for ethics reform in New York", Center for Public Integrity
(NIcholas Kusnitz)
"Sheldon
Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges",
New York Times (William Rashbaum, Thomas Kaplan, Susanne Craig)
"The
Most Dangerous Man In American Politics", Buzz Ben Smith
"Sheldon
Silver, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Is Accused of Taking
Millions in Graft", New York Times ((William Rashbaum, Thomas
Kaplan, Susanne Craig)
"The
Short Life of an Anticorruption Commission", New York Times
"Top
Prosecutor Warns NY Politicians To Stay Tuned For More Corruption
Arrests", Business Insider (Colin Campbell)
"One
of the Most Powerful People in New York Politics is in FBC Custody",
Business Insider (Colin Campbell, Hunter Walker)
"Everyone
knew about Silver but no one cleaned it up", New York Post (Michael
Goodwin)
"Bharara:
NYs should be outraged over corrupt politicians", New York Post
(Antonio Antennucci, Sophia Rosenbaum, Laura Italiano)
"Sheldon
Silver's arrest means headaches for Andrew Cuomo", huffington post
January 23, 2015
"Sheldon
Silver a 'grubber' who played games with his money", New York Post
(Fred Dicker)
"Law
Firm at Center of Silver Scandal Donated Huge Sums to Dems", New
York Observer (Kevin Sanders)
"Did
Cuomo Know about Silver?", Crains Business, Greg David
January 24, 2015
"Big
fish caught, but Albany cesspool remains", Buffalo News (Donn
Esmond)
January 25, 2015
"Sheldon
Silver to temporarily relinquish Speaker Duties", New York Times
(Susanne Craig, Thomas Kaplan)
"In
Silver Case, U.S. Cites Link to Litigation Tied to Asbestos Case,
New York Times, Dionne Searchey, Anemona
"Developer
Who Keeped Low Profile is Embroiled in Silver Scandal, New York
Times (Charles Bagli)
"Silver's
law firm rakes in millions from judges he controls", Daily News
(Susan Edelman, with Isabel Vincent)
"Andrew
Cuomo's Dominoes", Politico Magazine (Jeff Smith)
"Sheldon
Silver Built Power by Speaking Softly While Punishing Foes",
Bloomberg (Henry Goldman, Freeman Kloppott)
"Tarnished
Silver: Speaker's arrest upends most everything in Albany", Crains
Business (Andrew Hawkins, with Chris Bragg)
Lawsuit Reform Alliance press release -- January 26, 2015
January 27, 2015
"The
Tick-Tock begins for Andrew Cuomo", PJ Media
"A
Sheldon Silver Mystery: Did He Betray NY Renters", Pro Publica
(Justin Elliott)
"Sheldon
Silver and the Lawyers of New York", New Yorker (Jeffrey Toobin)
Montesano:
January 28, 2015
"Six
Days that Felled Sheldon Silver, the Speaker that Ruled Albany for
Decades", New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Susanne Craig, Thomas
Kaplan, William Rashbaum)
"Speaker
race down to three", Albany Times Union, Casey Seiler
January 29, 2015
"Assembly
Reformers Unveil Priorities Ahead of Vote to Replace Sheldon Silver",
NY Observer (Ross Barkan)
January 30, 2015
"Sheldon
Silver and New York's 'Cauldron of Corruption'", NYT editorial
"New
York's real scandal", New York Times, Joe Nocera
"Speaker
Candidate Drew Ethics Panel's Notice", New York Times, Susanne
Craig, Tom Kaplan
"Five
Ways NY May Change Post -- Silver", NY Magazine
"US
Attorney Investigating NY Senate Leader Dean Skelos", NBC, Jonathan
Dienst, Joe Viliquette, Kevin Nious
"New
York Senate leader is U.S. Attorney's new target", New York
Post (Jamie Schram, Carl Campanile, Bob Fredericks)
"How
Preet Bharara Became the Southern District's Million Dollar Man",
BuzzFeed (Matthew Zeitlin)
"A
new speaker is not enough -- rules of the Assembly must change",
Union-Sun & Journal, Jane Corwin, Ray Walter
January 31, 2015
"Skelos
laughs off reports he's being investigated", New York Post
(Jamie Schram, Carl Campanile, Lorena Mongelli)
"Will
Silver's arrest finally spur reform?", Gannett (Joe Spector)
"Insiders
recall the politics", Newsday (Mike Gormley, with Yancey Roy)
February 1, 2015
"Sheldon
Silver's gang", Daily News (Wayne Barrett)
"Feds
investigating Silver's influence over civil court", New York Post
(Isabel Vincent, Melissa Klein, Susan Edelman)
"Shelly
Silver's asbestos gold", Wall Street Journal (editorial)
"New
York Campaign Finance Delusion", City Journal, Winter 2015 (Stephen
Eide)
"How
we can start disinfecting Albany", New York Post, Lalor
February 2, 2015
"Sheldon Silver and
lawyers in politics", Overlawyered (Walter Olson)
"Why
Silver can't resign -- yet", New York Post (Fred Dicker)
"The
Secretive, Sleazy Process to Replace Sheldon Silver", NYT (Eleanor
Randolph)
"Andrew
Cuomo was 'Totally Shocked' by Sheldon Silver's Arrest", NY Observer
(Ross Barkan) -- blames corruption on legislature
"Pushing
Ethics Reforms,Cuomo wants Lawmakers to Reveal Income, or Lose it",
New York Times, (Alexander Burns, Susanne Craig)
"Bharara
creates a grim guessing game in Albany", Capital New York (Jimmy
Vielkind)
"Cuomo
threatens shutdown over ethics reforms", Capital NY (Colby Hamilton,
Jimmy Vielkind)
"Cuomo
pushing ethics reforms for pols, threatens to block budget until they
are in place", Daily News (Ken Lovett, Jennifer Fermino)
"Reform
groups: Assembly missing opportunity for change", Capitol
Confidential (Casey Seiler)
"All
eyes on Assembly following Sheldon Silver's resignation as Speaker",
Legislative Gazette
"Cuomo
must follow through on commitment to ethics reform", Pipe Dream
(David Forrest)
"Cuomo
vows: no ethics reform, no budget", Crains Business (Andrew Hawkins)
February 3, 2015
"Cuomo
using state budget to push ethics reform", NY Post (Carl Campanile,
Bob Fredericks, Ben Fuerherd)
"Sheldon
Silver's 21 year reign as speaker comes to an end", NY Post (Aaron
Short)
"Opinion:
A rush to take Shelly's 'reform' advice", NY Post (Scott Blackburn)
"Heastie
elected Speaker of NYS Assembly" NYT (Jesse McKinley)
"Amid
Assembly Shakeup, Cuomo Attempts to Capture Ethics High Ground",
Gotham Gazette (David Howard King)
"JCOPE:
We're still here and we want reform, too", Capitol Confidential
(Rick Karlin)
"Schneiderman
paying attention to corruption cases that should be a prority for DAs",
Buffalo News, editorial
February 5, 2015
"Cuomo
pushing reforms, but how far will he go?", Karen DeWitt
February 6, 2015
"Two
New York State Legislators' legal cases reach conclusion", Karen
DeWitt
"Cuomo
Officials Directed State Loan to Cuomo Donor at Center of Corruption
Probe", International Business Times (David Sirota)
"New
York's sleeze incentive", NY Post, editorial
February 7, 2015
"Cuomo
threatens shutdown over ethics reform", Gannett (Jon Campbell)
"New
NY speaker's challenges: Budget, ethics overhaul",
auburncitizen.com/AP
February 8, 2015
"Battle
over ethics could get ugly", Buffalo News, Bob McCarthy
"Chartock:
So much for reform in the New York state legislature", Daily Freeman
"Insiders
say Cuomo is rattled by Silver corruption case", New York Post
(Fred Dicker)
February 9, 2015
"Gov.
Cuomo denies connection between ending Moreland Commission, Silver
charges: 'If Anthony Weinder shows his private parts, do you blame
Obama?", Daily News, Adam Edelman
"Federal
Prosecutors Lauch Assault on Public Corruption in New York State",
Wall Street Journal (Rebecca Davis O'Brien, Erica Orden)
February 10, 2015
"NY
Prosecutor Preet Bharara disputes Gov's corruption claim" , MSNBC
(Ari Melber)
"US
Attorney Preet Bharara
Criticizes Albany Politics in TV Interview", Wall Street Journal (Mike Vilensky)
"Bharara
sees corruption 'all over' New York State", Buffalo News (Jerry
Zremski)
"NY
Democrats say reform of legislators' outside income should not wait",
WRVO Radio, (Karen DeWitt)
February 11, 2015
"Debate
over 'Three Men in a Room' in Albany", WAMC Radio (Karen DeWitt)
February 14, 2015
"NY
Legislators " AP (David Klepper)
"Albany
lawmakers cry foul", Daily News (Ken Lovett)
February 16, 2015
"The
Albany Chronicles", New Yorker (Jeffrey Toobin)
Columbia
Program
"How good eggs in Albany can stop the rot", NY Daily News (Errol
Lewis)
"Cuomo:
strip pensions from corrupt officials", Casey Seiler
"Cuomo
says there will always be some corruption in Albany", Daily News
(Aaron Short)
February 18, 2015
"Probe
of Maziarz looks into diversion of campaign funds", Buffalo News
(Matthew Spina)
February 19, 2015
"Grand
jury indicts Sheldon Silver; read complete document", Capitol
Confidential (Matthew Hamilton) "Grand
jury indicts Silver"
February 20, 2015
"Cuomo
ties ethics reforms with $142 billion budget", Gannett (Joseph
Spector)
February 23, 2015
"Watchdog
groups press for Legislature income cap", Gannett (Joseph Spector)
February 24, 2015
"Poll:
Corruption a 'Very Serious' Problem in NY Government", Wall Street
Journal (Erica Orden)
February 25, 2015
"Cuomo's
office; "no employee of the executive chamber' has been subpoenaed"
Gannett (Jon Campbell)
"Timely
budget more important than Cuomo's ethics reforms: poll", NY Post
(Aaron Short)
"Cuomo
on Bharara's probe, his book deal, and his ethics plans", Capital
New York (Jimmy Vielkind)
February 26, 2015
"Now,
Four Men in the Room", Wall Street Journal (Mike Vilensky)
"Budgeting
Ethics in Albany", NYT editorial
"Erasing
emails proves Cuomo's vow of transparency is a sham", NY Post (Bob
McManus)
March 2, 2015
"Catsimatidis
trying to slip pricey biofeuls mandate into budget", NY Post (Fred
Dicker)
March 6, 2015
"'Three
men' deaf to calls for change", Times Union (Matthew Hamilton)
Preet Bharara at Fordham Law
March 10, 2015
"Ethics
reform left out of Assembly spending proposals", NY Post (Carl
Campanile)
March 11, 2015
"Budget
process keeps same corrupt system", Record (Ken Hall)
"Heastie
defends...mettings ", Capital New York (Josepha Velasquez)
March 12, 2015
"Heastie,
Cuomo express frustrations over budget negotiations", WRVO Public
Radio, Karen DeWitt
March 13, 2015
"A
not-so-grand bargain for New York State", Daily Freeman (Alan
Chartock)
"Senate
leader says differences should not lead to late budget", NY Now,
DeWitt
"WATCH:
Senator scolds men leaders for meeting without a 'mother'" Gannett
(Joseph Spector)
March 14, 2015
"How
not to raise the age", Marshal Project (Alexandra Cox)
"Why
Governor Cuomo's Education Proposals are As Bad for Students As They Are
For Teachers", The Nation (Leah Brunski)
May 7, 2015
"Amid
Further Ethics Scandals, What Can Cuomo Do Now?", Gotham
Gazette (David Howard King)
May 26, 2015
"End
Corruption (Op-Ed by Schneiderman in Albany Times Union)
"NY
Agency, Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Faces Questions", Mike
Vilensky, Josh Dawsey,
Empire Page
"Letting
the Sun In: the State of New York Government Transparency", Gotham
Gazette/Citizens Union, David Howard King
December 2013 interview of local legislators
"City & State wins 4 NY Press Association Awards"
July 1 "Journalisms
non-profit surge", Capital New York
"The
Marshall Project's charmed launch", Capital New York, Joe Pompeo
The
Marshall Project
September 17, 2014
"Where's
Preet? The unanswered question in Chevron v. Donziger", Fortune,
Roger Parloff
"Behind
the Silver Lining: Profiting as lawyer and a lawmaker", Daily News,
May 18, 2003
"Silver
Defends Appointment of a Law Firm Colleague to a Judicial Panel",
New York Times, March 1, 2008 (Jeremy Peters)
"A
law unto ourselves", Daily News, March 15, 2015 editorial
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"There
are liars, damn liars, then there's Fred Dicker"
"Gov.
Cuomo retools team for 2nd term", Daily News, January 11, 2015 (Ken
Lovett)
Albany Project: "Are you listening Albany, Because Preet Bharara
is Talking to You"
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