Disgraced Ex-Cuomo Confidant Got Some Help From His Family

During the funeral of three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo at the beginning of 2015, Andrew Cuomo described Joseph Percoco, who had been a trusted aide to both Governors dating back to when he was 19 years old, as "my father's third son."

The following year, as Federal prosecutors began investigating Mr. Percoco's activities for possible crimes connected to the Governor's upstate development project known as the Buffalo Billion, Andrew Cuomo began putting distance between himself and his former top adviser. He publicly disassociated himself from Mr. Percoco when he was convicted in early 2018 of taking more than $300,000 in kickbacks from people connected to the project, stating, "Joe Percoco is paying the price for violating the public trust."