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Signs of Support as Cuomo Outlines Agency for Disabled Care
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 3:49pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Politicians from both parties, and even labor, expressed openness to an agency to fight abuse of disabled patients.
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State Considers Ceding Oversight of Vulnerable to a Nonprofit Group
Posted: April 24th, 2012, 5:35pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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The Cuomo administration is considering giving some of the state’s oversight and monitoring responsibilities over vulnerable populations to a nonprofit advocacy group.
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Disabilities Panel Will Reinvite Whistleblower After Cuomo Changes Course
Posted: April 23rd, 2012, 7:14am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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After a state agency worker publicly criticized the state’s handling of reports of abuse and neglect involving people with developmental disabilities, he was invited to a Senate-sponsored panel addressing such abuse.
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Cuomo Criticized for Reach of Financial Services Agency
Posted: January 29th, 2012, 6:05pm EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s superintendent of the new office has taken on high-profile issues, and some see it as infringing on Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s territory.
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Cuomo Criticized for Reach of Financial Services Agency
Posted: January 29th, 2012, 6:05pm EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s superintendent of the new office has taken on high-profile issues, and some see it as infringing on Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s territory.
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Abused and Used: Potent Pills, Few Rules in State’s Treatment of the Disabled
Posted: December 23rd, 2011, 9:27am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Patients in state-run homes for the developmentally disabled have been receiving high doses of antipsychotics for behavior control, critics say, and the state is taking steps toward change.
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Cuomo Administration Continues to Pursue Case Against Jeffrey Monsour
Posted: August 22nd, 2011, 1:23am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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An employee who has criticized the management of the state’s disabilities office sees an attempt at retribution.
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New York Moves to Crack Down on Abuse of Disabled
Posted: August 17th, 2011, 12:10pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Moving to end lax oversight, the Cuomo administration will establish guidelines for telling law enforcement about crimes against the developmentally disabled.
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Abused and Used: A Disabled Boy’s Death, and a System in Disarray
Posted: June 8th, 2011, 11:23am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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A seemingly inexplicable willingness by supervisors to tolerate abuse seems to pervade institutions that house residents with developmental disabilities, a New York Times investigation shows.
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A Father Looks On Not With Pride, but With Gratitude
Posted: January 1st, 2011, 8:29pm EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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As Andrew Cuomo takes his new office, his father and New York’s former governor, Mario Cuomo, has tried to avoid the spotlight.
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Deal Close on Casino in the Catskills
Posted: November 16th, 2010, 7:30pm EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Gov. David A. Paterson is poised to sign off on a casino development project in the Catskills.
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Cuomo to Propose Broad Streamlining of New York Government
Posted: May 21st, 2010, 9:19pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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A report from Andrew M. Cuomo’s campaign for governor said he would try to carry out the most ambitious restructuring of New York State government in 90 years.
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Harry Wilson Cites Wall St. Past in Comptroller Bid
Posted: April 19th, 2010, 7:46pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Harry Wilson, a Republican contender for state comptroller, says New York needs a Wall Street veteran like himself to oversee its $129.4 billion pension fund.
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Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:40am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo appointed an independent counsel, Judith S. Kaye, to take over his office’s investigations of Gov. David A. Paterson.
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Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations
Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:40am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo appointed an independent counsel, Judith S. Kaye, to take over his office’s investigations of Gov. David A. Paterson.
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Book on Spitzer’s Downfall Sets Off Angry Replies
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:29pm EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Eliot Spitzer called an account by his former senior adviser “self-serving and largely inaccurate.”
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Forces Aligning in Bid to Block Cuts in Albany
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:21am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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The governor and lawmakers have clashed over spending before, but recent events have created a new urgency.
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City Room: Former Liberal Party Official Pleads Guilty
Posted: October 6th, 2009, 3:28pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Ray B. Harding, the former vice chairman of the state's Liberal Party, pleaded guilty to a felony related to securities violations.
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Fraud Charge in N.Y. Pension Case
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:05pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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The inquiry into corruption at the New York State pension fund widened on Thursday when a top consultant was charged with a fraud-related felony by State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.
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Fraud Charge in N.Y. Pension Case
Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:05pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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The inquiry into corruption at the New York State pension fund widened on Thursday when a top consultant was charged with a fraud-related felony by State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo.
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Ex-Chairman of New York Liberal Party Indicted
Posted: April 16th, 2009, 2:49am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Prosecutors say that Raymond B. Harding did 30 years’ worth of political favors for the former state comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.
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Hedge Fund Executive Guilty of Securities Fraud
Posted: April 15th, 2009, 1:49am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Barrett Wissman is the first investment executive to be implicated in an investigation of corruption at the New York state pension fund.
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N.Y. Pension Deals Seen as Focus of Wide Inquiry
Posted: April 14th, 2009, 7:11am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Prosecutors are investigating whether the private equity firm made payments in exchange for state business.
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N.Y. Pension Deals Seen as Focus of Wide Inquiry
Posted: April 14th, 2009, 12:37am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Prosecutors are investigating whether one of the nation’s largest private equity firms made improper payments to intermediaries in exchange for state pension business.
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In Albany, Higher Taxes for the Rich Expected
Posted: January 21st, 2009, 7:34am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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There is a growing sense in the capital that legislators are likely to turn to an income tax increase on the wealthiest New Yorkers to help close the state’s $15 billion deficit.
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New York State Taxes May Rise for Rich
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 9:48am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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Many groups are urging Gov. David A. Paterson to broadly tax the rich to reduce education and health care cuts, and he seems to be closer to acknowledging he may have no choice.
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Panel Asks How Inquiry Began on Spitzer Banking
Posted: November 26th, 2008, 1:25am EST by By DANNY HAKIM
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A Congressional committee intends a public examination of the events that led to Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s downfall.
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6 Months Later, Spitzer Is Contrite, Yes, but Sometimes Still Angry
Posted: September 27th, 2008, 7:34pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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In the time since Eliot Spitzer’s breathtakingly quick exodus from office, he has faced an adjustment as he confronts life without the power he once wielded.
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New York to Regulate Credit Default Swaps
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 2:25am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Over the years credit-default swaps have become a favorite tool of speculators who use them to bet that a certain company will fail.
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Experts See Albany Ills as Problem, Not Crisis
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 1:25am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Few budget analysts consider New York’s fiscal situation an emergency, but they do worry that global economic gloom could cause the state’s outlook to worsen considerably.
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Spitzer Aide Refuses Ethics Panel’s Deal
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 5:39am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Darren Dopp, a top aide to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, refused to reach a settlement with a state ethics panel.
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Top Senator in New York Won’t Seek Re-election
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:29pm EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the state’s top-ranking Republican, will not seek re-election.
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3 Net Providers Will Block Sites With Child Sex
Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:25am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.
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A New Détente Shakes Albany: Paterson-Bruno
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 2:47am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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Gov. David A. Paterson’s congenial relationship with Joseph L. Bruno is in stark contrast to that of his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer.
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State Watch for 2 Percent of Doctors
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 1:45am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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More than 2 percent of all doctors practicing in New York last year landed on the state medical board’s watch list because of problems including substance abuse or their professional conduct.
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A Bumper Crop of Bureaucracy
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 3:54am EDT by By DANNY HAKIM
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When Salim B. Lewis and his wife began building three suburban-style homes for the workers on their farm, they didn’t realize they were wading into a regulatory brawl.