Who Advised Cuomo on Mortgage Industry Investigation? A Mortgage Lobbyist

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Justin Elliott

In early 2007, when he was New York State attorney general, Andrew Cuomo brought on a longtime confidant as a consultant on mortgage industry investigations, a move that has gone undisclosed until now.

The friend was Howard Glaser and he had another job at the same time: consultant and lobbyist for the very industry Cuomo was investigating.

Glaser, who went on to become a top state official in Cuomo's gubernatorial administration, was operating a lucrative consulting firm, the Glaser Group, with a host of mortgage industry clients.

Later that year, Glaser provided insights on Cuomo's investigations to industry players on a conference call hosted by an investment bank.

http://www.propublica.org/article/who-advised-cuomo-on-mortgage-industry-investigation-a-mortgage-lobbyist

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1. On Twitter and elsewhere, Glaser claims ProPublica was born in sin

http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/216956/glaser-claims-propublica-was-born-in-sin/

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2. NY Minute: Cuomo, as AG, got advice on investigating mortgage industry from mortgage lobbyist

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/cuomo_as_ag_got_advice_on_investigating_mortgage_industry_from_mortgage_lobbyist.html#incart_river