Copyrighted Image? DMCA | More state business flows to Governor Cuomo's donors, even as a top Washington legal expert says the deals appear to flout the law.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is undeterred. Despite revelations last week that the governor's officials have steered state housing bond work to his campaign contributors in apparent defiance of federal pay-to-play rules, New York state officials on Friday announced they are giving those same donors even more lucrative business -- this time on a massive new transportation revenue bond. The announcement of the deal -- which was not competitively bid -- comes as a top compliance lawyer in Washington, D.C., suggested that the deal between Cuomo's administration and the governor's donors may run afoul of the federal rules. "A rule of the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) prohibits bond work from going to financial firms that make |
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