Article: Cuomo plans sweeping review of pork-barrel spending: Outlays will face 'public purpose' test.

Article: CUOMO PUTS PORK REFORM ON HIS PLATE.(Capital Region)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... reform," he said. Cuomo said his own public ... constitutionally required "public purpose." Those that don't meet that test, and Cuomo suggested there are ... unlikely. In addition, Cuomo said his office has ... the test of a legal public purpose. Six years of member ...

Article: Pork must pass a test; Attorney General Andrew Cuomo vows ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... U.S. grand jury. Cuomo said state money is ... unless it has a clear public purpose, and is not simply ... investigated the Evident case. Cuomo criticized the Legislature ... E. J. McMahon said Cuomo is doing something that ... is for an essential public purpose." The member items ...

Article: OPINION: Cuomo puts pork reform on his plate.
Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... reform," he said. Cuomo said his own public ... constitutionally required "public purpose." Those that don't meet that test, and Cuomo suggested there are ... unlikely. In addition, Cuomo said his office has ... the test of a legal public purpose. Six years of member ...

Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES ACTIONS ON MEMBER ITEMS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 4, 2007 ;     607 words ... ... standard of fulfilling a legal public purpose. Cuomo also laid out a four-prong ... legal mandate of having a public purpose. Cuomo said no contract will be approved ... unless it explicitly states the public purpose for which the funds will be ...

Article: CUOMO SAYS WAIT AND SEE.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 30, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... beginning of 1993. For two weeks, Cuomo has brought his presidential ... taking so long to decide? - Cuomo answered it's because he ... feedback. "I think it serves a public purpose," he added. As the deliberations ... Of his White House musings, Cuomo said: "There's nothing ...

Article: Cuomo pursues funding inquiry; Groups that failed to claim ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... taking office in 2007, Cuomo announced greater scrutiny ... money would be for a public purpose. Cuomo said historically there ... Interest Research Group. Cuomo also said that 1,026 ... did not identify the public purpose specifically. Others ...

Article: 'Pork' reforms touted; Cuomo's steps require grant ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... a different day," Cuomo said Monday. "We are ... lawmak ers, and the public purpose of the grants. Member ... barrel grants. Under Cuomo's reform, his office ... would be used for a public purpose. The certifications ... totaling $200 million, Cuomo said. The initiative ...