Politics on the Hudson

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio said Attorney General Andrew  Cuomo—his likely opponent for governor—is doing the right thing by handing over the investigations of the Paterson administration to former Chief Judge Judith Kaye.

But he questioned what took Cuomo so long.

“After calling for an independent prosecutor for weeks, I am glad that Andrew Cuomo finally agreed with me and recused himself from this investigation,” Lazio said in a statement.

“I have the utmost faith that Ms. Kaye will conduct an impartial and thorough investigation.  But it should not have required two weeks and a drop in the polls for Andrew Cuomo to recognize what he should have instinctively known from the beginning.”