More Charity for Pooches May Depend on Politics

Animal-welfare groups want the trustees of the Helmsley Charitable Trust to hand over some of the loot left by Leona Helmsley. The groups' best chance, opines The Economist, may lie in politics:

This will be a hard case to win, and much may depend on the attitude of the state’s attorney-general, Andrew Cuomo, who has so far supported the trustees. Will Mr Cuomo, who most analysts reckon wants to be the next governor of New York, maintain a position so upsetting to the state’s animal-lovers? *** If the money doesn’t end up going to the dogs, maybe Mr Cuomo’s election chances will.