Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks to Suffolk County Democrats at...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks to Suffolk County Democrats at their annual spring dinner in Holbrook. (April 13, 2010) Credit: Photo by John Paraskevas

So far, no political harm to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been visible from last week's delay of his declaration for governor. Still, his detractors like to warn the public will tire of his sidestepping fiscal issues by invoking his day job.

Cuomo allies say he's been crafting detailed campaign positions during this long drumroll.

"He's shrewd, calibrated, systematic, and assiduous," observed a longtime Democratic operative. "He doesn't play the game idly - or flippantly."

 

FUNKY NASSAU: Leaders of Civil Service Employees Association Region 1, representing public employees on Long Island, last week wound up their four-day 35th annual workshop at the Super Clubs Breezes resort at Cable Beach. That's in Nassau. The one in the Bahamas. The place advertises itself as "the playful side of paradise." In less-playful New York, CSEA is battling Gov. David A. Paterson's efforts to shelve wage increases due to the fiscal crisis.

 

RE-RAISING ARIZONA: Suffolk Executive Steve Levy, a GOP candidate for governor, said last Monday he'd give his view of the controversial Arizona illegal-immigration bill after reading it. After doing so, he's sticking pretty much to the message that he opposes wanton stops and random questioning, and favors checking immigration status upon arrest. But Levy campaign spokesman Josh Hills on Friday also cited "some ambiguities in the [Arizona] law that may need to be sorted out by the courts."

 

COFFEY BREAK: Attorney-general candidate Sean Coffey is backed by Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko, who called him "a real leader with integrity and compassion" . . . Individual endorsements aside, Suffolk's delegation to the upcoming Democratic Party state convention voted April 24 to back Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice for AG, county chairman Richard Schaffer said.

 

INVECTIVE WATCH: On Albany radio Friday, Levy continued his years-long clash with certain Latino lawmakers, saying when asked about incendiary racial comments by Sen. Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn): "Well, we have a tremendous number of race-baiters in Albany, led by Assemb. Peter Rivera (D-Bronx), Assemb. Phil Ramos (D-Central Islip). I've been a victim of that." Levy contended the radical had become the mainstream in his former Democratic Party. Ramos last week denounced Levy as "unfit" and "king of the backpedalers" - after Levy said he and other minority-caucus members purposely distort his immigration policies.

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