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Governor Cuomo chooses not to release his Attorney
General records
In his first fifteen months in office, the governor has
refused several requests to release records from his time as Attorney General. Cuomo
has sent just ten boxes of records to the State Archives, which by state law is
required to hold every attorney general's documents.
Cuomo's predecessor Eliot Spitzer sent 919 boxes to the
archives after his two terms as attorney general, all of which were made available
by the State Archives to the public.
Despite the controversy, Josh Vlasto, the governor's
spokesman said, "records are being compiled and transferred as
appropriate."
Media requests to review the ten boxes of records have been
delayed for reasons not given. The state Education Department, which oversees
the archives, is responsible for the delay.
