Cuomo names new state inspector general

ALBANY — State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott has been replaced by Letizia Tagliafierro, a longtime aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo whose previous posts include the top staff job at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.It's unclear what prompted the decision to replace Leahy Scott, who has been in the job for the past five and a half years after previously serving as the office's first deputy and as acting IG. A spokesman for Cuomo declined to answer when asked if she had left of her o