Former assemblyman Michael Cohen isn’t being charged with wrongdoing by Andrew Cuomo’s office, but his role in the alleged scandal outlined today is, obviously, not a boost to Cohen’s current campaign for City Council.
I just got off the phone with one of his opponents, Mel Gagarin. I asked him if he’d work in any way to bring this storyline to the attention of voters.
Gagarin repeatedly declined to say yes or no, preferring to talk about the more general issue of “transparency and honesty between elected officials.”
“People really care about the topic overall,” he said. “Are we going to be having a negative campaign? Absolutely not.
