Several Cuomo-administration sources said Schwartz, who was known as Cuomo’s tough-talking and often crude “enforcer,’’ had planned to leave for a private-sector job, possibly in the real-estate industry, but had been unable to finalize an employment agreement because of Bharara’s ongoing investigation. People are nervous about hiring Larry because they see him as ‘radioactive’ over the Bharara investigation.īut a state employment official called the arrangement “highly unusual’’ and noted that Schwartz’s new job title “was one I’ve never seen before.’’ Schwartz didn’t respond to e-mail and telephone requests for comment.Ī spokesman for Cuomo said Schwartz was “transitioning out of his role and has been on accrued vacation and personal time, which is standard.’’ 2, they reveal that he was transferred to the new title on the same day - with no announcement by the governor. While the records show that Schwartz did, in fact, give up the job of secretary to Mulrow effective Feb. Schwartz is listed as serving in the never-before-seen title of “Dir of the NY Off’’ of the governor, according to the records. Yet Friday, 40 days after the Cuomo announcement and with Mulrow serving as chief-of-staff, Schwartz was still on the state payroll at the same large salary, according to official records checked on Friday. 11, saying his top aide “departs the administration for the private sector’’ and was being replaced in his $181,560-a-year post - $2,560 more than the governor is paid and one of the highest salaries in state government - by investment banker William Mulrow. Cuomo’s former chief of staff, Lawrence Schwartz - who is under scrutiny in Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara’s explosive public-corruption probe and supposedly off the state payroll - is, in fact, still being paid an astronomical sum, The Post has learned.Ĭuomo officially announced Schwartz was leaving state employment on Jan.
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