A century and a half after the Democratic political machine in New York City’s Tammany Hall ran the Big Apple into the ground, the Empire State remains mired in political corruption at the highest levels. (New York Post)
Firing a warning shot at the state’s corruption-mired capital, a Manhattan federal judge Thursday ordered Gov. Cuomo’s former top aide and confidante to serve six years in prison for bribery.
“I hope this sentence will be heard in Albany,” Judge Valerie Caproni told a packed lower Manhattan courtroom at ex-Cuomo right-hand Joseph Percoco’s sentencing.
“If you can’t live on a public sector salary, get out of government.” intoned Caproni, clearly not just speaking to Percoco. “What you can’t do is stay in government and make up the difference in income by taking bribes. If you do, this court will show you no mercy.”
Percoco, who was once so close to the governor he was likened to a brother, sat stone-faced as the judge delivered the blow.
Although Governor Cuomo recently denied that he’d run for president in 2020, that may change now that he’s expected to cruise to reelection this fall.
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