Cuomo's Office Hobbled State Ethics Inquiries

N.Y. Governor's Office Reportedly Interfered With Corruption Probe
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Moreland Commission meeting on utility storm preparation and response in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. The powerful Moreland Commission recommends eliminating the state's Long Island Power Authority and replacing it with a private company. The commission says LIPA was unprepared for Superstorm Sandy, then inept in its response.(AP Photo/Mike Groll)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Moreland Commission meeting on utility storm preparation and response in the Red Room at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. The powerful Moreland Commission recommends eliminating the state's Long Island Power Authority and replacing it with a private company. The commission says LIPA was unprepared for Superstorm Sandy, then inept in its response.(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high-powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics. It was barely two months old when its investigators, hunting for violations of campaign-finance laws, issued a subpoena to a media-buying firm that had placed millions of dollars’ worth of advertisements for the New York State Democratic Party. The investigators did not realize that the firm, Buying Time, also counted Mr. Cuomo among its clients, having bought the airtime for his campaign when he ran for governor in 2010.

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