Ex-top Cuomo aide Larry Schwartz resigns after Legislature repeals rule Updated Apr 30, 2021; Posted Apr 30, 2021 Larry Schwartz listens to a news conference at the New York State Capitol in Albany in a file photo.Mike Groll | AP Photo Facebook Share By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. — The state Legislature’s repeal this week of an executive order exempting high-level state government volunteers from certain ethics laws led to the resignation on Thursday of Larry Schwartz, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo who had overseen Covid-19 testing and the vaccination rollout as a member of the governor’s coronavirus task force.