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Last Updated on Friday, 11 April 2008 09:45 Written by rslcpol Friday, 11 April 2008 08:35
This is shockingly bold and crooked behavior by these folks…and it’s going to be like shooting political fish in a barrel for Mr. Cuomo.
ALBANY — Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed 90 lawyers, including 70 in upstate, in his expanding probe of school districts that improperly, and perhaps fraudulently, listed their outside legal advisers as employees to give them taxpayer-funded pensions. “It is egregious conduct, and there is no excuse for the fact that it went on as long as it did,” Cuomo said Thursday. He added that the investigation, which started on Long Island about two months ago, is now spreading to school districts in Albany County and the greater Capital Region.So far, more than 180 New York school districts, including 150 upstate and 30 on Long Island, are suspected of listing their outside attorneys as employees for the sake of benefits.