Days After Emergency Landing, Cuomo Close To Getting $12.5M Helicopter

Just days after a state helicopter in which he was a passenger was forced to make an emergency landing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to getting a $12.5 million Sikorsky helicopter, according to multiple reports.

Sikorsky S-76D Deluxe Executive Helicopter.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo at SUNY Purchase earlier this week delivering one of his State of the State addresses.
Photo Credit: *File photo*

Daily Voice

01/16/2017 2:00 p.m.

State Controller Thomas DiNapoli approved a state police request to bypass the state competitive bidding process to buy the slightly used Sikorsky S-76D Deluxe Executive Helicopter, according to the New York Daily News. The helicopter would be used, among other purposes, to fly Cuomo around the state.

Cuomo, along with aides and security personnel were traveling Wednesday from Albany, where the governor delivered the last of six State of State addresses when their helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at Stewart Airport in Orange County after it became filled with fumes that smelled like smoke.

For more on Wednesday's emergency landing, click here.

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