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May 18, 2012
On Gov. Cuomo's Schedule: Al D'Amato
Gov. Cuomo posted another batch of his daily schedules on his CitizenConnects website this afternoon.
Daily Politics [NYDailyNews.com]
by Celeste Katz and Glenn Blain
The latest offerings cover the first three months of 2012 and – like the previous postings on the site – offer a limited view of how Cuomo spends his day. They include an array of meetings the governor had with officials, labor leaders and educators leading up to passage of the 2012-13 budget.
...One of the more interesting meetings took place on Feb. 20 in Cuomo’s New York City office between Cuomo and former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (the schedule misspelled D’Amato’s first name as Alphonse). Also in attendance: Top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.
Cuomo’s office has not responded to a request for information about the meeting and a D’Amato spokeswoman said she had no information on what the sitdown was about.
There's more of that transparency that Status Cuomo has been trumpeting.
D’Amato is now a registered lobbyist with a bevy of deep-pocketed clients, including telecommunications giant Verizon New York.
...Other D’Amato clients include the Atlantic Yards Development Company , the Trustees of Columbia University and the Real Estate Board of New York.
NoLandGrab: In other words, D'Amato's client list is a Who's Who of eminent domain abusers.
Posted by eric at May 18, 2012 9:55 AM