New York, NY —

Governor Spitzer suspended a top aide and will reassign another following a state attorney general's report that said staff members conspired to release politically damaging information about Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's use of state aircraft.

Spitzer suspended indefinitely without pay his communications director, Darren Dopp, and will reassign his assistant deputy for public safety, William Howard.

Spitzer, a Democrat, says neither he nor anyone else high up in his administration ordered Dopp and Howard to collect information about Bruno. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's report found Senator Bruno's travel arrangements did not violate state law.