Aide’s Trial Increases Questions Surrounding New York Dem Gov Andrew Cuomo

New evidence at the corruption trial of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top aide is raising questions about how much Cuomo knew about his aide’s alleged crooked deals.

Joseph Percoco, who has been described as Andrew Cuomo’s “right-hand man,” is facing several felony charges for an alleged corruption scheme that includes “extortion, conspiracy and solicitation of bribes.”

Cuomo has refused to comment on the case, but the New York Post editorial board writes that the corruption trial is “already making Cuomo look terrible.” Prosecutors have presented evidence showing that Percoco allegedly made 837 calls from his former government office – while he was no longer an official state employee.

Now, the New York Times in a new report compared Cuomo’s public schedules to Percoco’s, finding that, “A comparison of Mr. Cuomo’s public schedules for 2014 to evidence introduced in Mr. Percoco’s continuing federal corruption trial show at least a dozen instances in which the two overlapped, sometimes for hours at a time, from May to July 2014, and in December 2014, shortly before Mr. Percoco returned to the state payroll.”

The New York Post editorial board sums it up best, writing, “Team Cuomo will suggest Percoco went rogue right under the governor’s nose. Even if that’s true, it sure raises serious questions about Cuomo’s judgment — and a management style that let it happen.”

New York voters deserve answers from Andrew Cuomo.