The war of words over government transparency between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democrats in the state Senate is turning nasty.
Cuomo, himself a Democrat, has been criticized by good-government groups for his administration�s policy of routinely deleting most of its official emails after 90 days.
After Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger announced legislation to end the practice, Cuomo�s spokesman accused lawmakers of hypocrisy, sarcastically noting that they exempted themselves from state open records laws.
On Monday Cuomo�s office wrote to Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins urging those who supported Krueger�s bill to voluntarily subject themselves to the law.
In response, Stewart-Cousins� spokesman said the Cuomo administration would be �the last people� Senate Democrats turn to for advice on government transparency.
(AP)
