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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 03:45 PM May 2014

NY Senate & Assembly leaders express little concern about U.S. Attorney's Moreland Commission probe

GLENN BLAIN

Leaders of New York’s Legislature shrugged off reports Tuesday that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is pushing forward with an investigation of Gov. Cuomo’s now-defunct anti-corruption commission.

“I have no comment, no knowledge other than what I read in the newspapers,” said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). Silver said he is not worried about Bharara’s ongoing probe and has not received a subpoena.

“I don’t know what transpired with the Moreland Commission,” Silver said. “By and large, men and women of the Legislature, both sides of the aisle, conduct themselves appropriately according to law.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/ny-senate-assembly-leaders-express-concern-u-s-attorney-moreland-commission-probe-blog-entry-1.1781741#ixzz30xzBvxx4