Supreme Court weighs reach of public corruption law in New York cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday questioned whether a former aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was lawfully convicted of a bribery charge as he considered narrowing the scope of a federal law aimed at curbing public corruption.The case, one of two New York corruption convictions argued Monday, centers on whether Joseph Percoco's conduct in receiving a $35,000 payment from a real estate developer while managing Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign is covered up. by a federal law that requires “honest services be rendered” to the public. Percoco says that because he was not working for the government…
