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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jul 16, 2014, 09:21 PM Jul 2014

Cuomo says he’ll look into why ad funding hasn’t been made public

Joseph Spector

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that he was unaware that Empire State Development hasn’t made details public about the “Open for Business” ad campaign to promote the state and will “look into it.”

Gannett’s Albany Bureau filed a Freedom of Information request a year ago for details about the ad campaign, which has totaled $200 million over the past four years, but the records have yet to be released.

“I didn’t know this and don’t know the details, but these records are public. I will look into it with ESDC,” Cuomo told the Democrat and Chronicle editorial board in Rochester.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said yesterday he is undertaking an audit of the initiative.

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/07/16/cuomo-says-hell-look-into-why-ad-funding-hasnt-been-made-public/