Analysis: $2M Gambling Bet Puts Focus on Lobbyist » Andrew Cuomo

In this May 30, 2012 photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks in Albany, N.Y. The sum of what the public knows about the biggest lobbying force in New York politics is a few pages of numbers, generalities about purpose and blocked-out names on state and federal documents. But what the Committee to Save New York does, and who pays for the powerfully spun TV commercials it does to boost Cuomo, became a central question this week after The New York Times revealed gambling interest gave it $2 million as Cuomo prepared to expand casino gambling. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this May 30, 2012 photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks in Albany, N.Y. The sum of what the public knows about the biggest lobbying force in New York politics is a few pages of numbers, generalities about purpose and blocked-out names on state and federal documents. But what the Committee to Save New York does, and who pays for the powerfully spun TV commercials it does to boost Cuomo, became a central question this week after The New York Times revealed gambling interest gave it $2 million as Cuomo prepared to expand casino gambling. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)



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