New York, NY —

Attorney General-elect Andrew Cuomo has selected 70 legal and academic experts for his transition team. He says he wants them to help him find top-flight candidates when he takes over in January.

Following Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer's lead, Cuomo announced a bipartisan, diverse transition team who will help him recruit candidates nationwide. Cuomo who echoed Spitzer's words said he too wanted to find the best and the brightest to work for him. Spitzer announced his transition team last week. Cuomo says there will be seven transition committees that will oversee issues such as medicaid fraud, civil rights, and consumer protection. He says he hopes to hire people who can help him overhaul a dysfunctional state government and continue Spitzer's legacy of taking on corruption. The transition team will be chaired by Robert Abrams, a former attorney general.