N.Y. State Attorney General Cuomo Seeking Municipal Attorney Data

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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo expanded his investigation into employment arrangements of lawyers working for schools and local governments statewide Friday to include all 37 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).

"We have reason to believe ... there may have been financial benefits for the BOCES to list professionals as employees instead of as independent consultants," Cuomo said when announcing the expansion. "There appears to be a chronic fraud that has occurred across New York State for many years, and we will work until we get to the bottom of it."

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N.Y. State Attorney General Cuomo Seeking Municipal Attorney Data

"Fraudulent placement of professionals on public payrolls can cost New Yorkers tens of millions of dollars by giving pension benefits to those who wo...

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