A new Siena Poll found that voters believe that corruption is a "serious problem" in the state Legislature, but don't know much about the panel formed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help remedy the situation. The poll also found that voters want Cuomo's anti-corruption commission to continue its work. "New Yorkers may not know what the Moreland Commission is, or what it does, or who its members are," Siena's Steve Greenberg told the New York Daily News. "But if the choice is for the Moreland Commission to disband or to continue investigating political corruption, the answer is clear. Keep investigating, New Yorkers say." Meanwhile, the commission will be issuing subpoenas to politically connected law firms, the Albany Times-Union reports.
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