ALBANY — A co-chairman of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s anti-corruption panel who has publicly railed against the state Board of Elections has benefited from its ineffectiveness.
The board in 2009 closed a complaint against Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, who is now a co-chairman of Cuomo’s commission, without investigating because of an admitted lack of resources, records obtained by the Daily News show.
A Syracuse-area man had filed a complaint in 2008 with Cuomo, then the attorney general, charging that Fitzpatrick was improperly using his campaign funds for personal use.
Cuomo’s office concluded it had no jurisdiction and referred the matter to the state Board of Elections, which did nothing, citing a lack of resources and other priorities.
