By Mark Scott
Buffalo, NY – Governor David Paterson nominated a new State Police superintendent Monday. He is Harry Corbitt, who retired from the State Police in 2004 after achieving the rank of deputy superintendent. He succeeds Acting Superintendent Preston Felton, who announced his own retirement last week.
Felton was caught up in the so-called "Trooper-Gate" scandal in the Spitzer administration in which two top aides of the former governor used the State Police to monitor the travels of State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. Corbitt said it would be premature for him to discuss the scandal.
Corbitt's appointment as the new State Police Superintendent must be confirmed by the State Senate.