ALBANY— Don’t shred that document.
Members of the state Legislature have been instructed by US Attorney Preet Bharara to preserve all communications between themselves and the now-defunct Moreland Commission, according to a document obtained by The Post.
Separate letters were sent to the Senate and Assembly that say all commission-connected communications must be kept, not only from elected officials, but from their staffs as well.
The request comes a month after the commission disbanded and turned over all its records over to Bharara’s office.
Gov. Cuomo created the Moreland Commission in July 2013 after the state legislature failed to pass a campaign finance reform package.
The commission’s job was to “probe systemic public corruption and the appearance of such corruption in state government, political campaigns and elections” according to a Cuomo press release in 2013.
In April, as part of the state budget, the legislature and Cuomo agreed upon a watered-down version of campaign finance reform which prompted the governor to disband the commission.
Bharara’s letter said documents related to the commission’s funding, formation, operation, management and dissolution had to be preserved.