It has cost state taxpayers over $1 million in legal fees, given Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration political headaches, and by his own account caused personal heartache for the governor.

But as Mr. Cuomo lays out his agenda this month in a whirlwind of policy announcements, he has avoided any mention of a federal corruption case that rocked his administration last year even as he was touting the economic-development initiative at the heart of the case.

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