Upstate can't afford new NYPA director
By GEORGE J. MARLIN SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 I was a Long Island Power Authority ratepayer during Richie Kessel's time running that agency. Richard Kessel is the old-time, career Long Island pol elected by a 4-2 vote as the New York Power Authority CEO last week after Gov. David Paterson placed two pro-Kessel votes on the NYPA Board to ensure his election. Understandably, local elected officials were cool to this bizarre announcement although the downstate delegation welcomed Kessel to the post.
If his past is a guide, lobbyists all over the state are cheering Kessel's election. During his time at LIPA, Kessel used public money to hire and pay lobbyists of both parties — those close to then-Gov. George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. This to represent a state entity on state issues before the state Legislature.
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