Dopp to join Albany lobbying firm
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s former embattled communications director and a central figure in the Troopergate scandal has apparently found his next job.
Speculation around the state Capitol Monday was that Darren Dopp is expected to join the powerful Albany lobbying firm of Patricia Lynch and Associates.
Dopp, 48, a Binghamton native, was suspended by Spitzer in July after a report by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo found that Dopp was among aides who compiled documents on Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno’s use of state aircraft for political purposes.
Dopp, a longtime aide of Spitzer, has since returned to the state payroll, but hasn’t resumed his position with the administration.
On Friday, Senate Republicans subpoenaed Dopp as part of its ongoing probe into the scandal that has rocked the Spitzer administration. Dopp has agreed to testify before the Senate Investigations Commission later this month.
Hiring Dopp would be a surprising move for Lynch’s lobbying firm, considering Dopp remains such a controversial figure.
Dopp’s attorney, Terence Kindlon, would not comment about Dopp’s potential new employer.
Dopp could not be reached for comment.
Lynch, a former aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, has developed one of the top lobbying firms in New York after starting the agency in 2001. Last year, the agency ranked as the third in the state for total compensation, bringing in more than $5 million.
Lynch could not be reached for comment.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
