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The New York Attorney General's office is negotiating with top Wall Street firms that received federal bailout money to forego executive bonuses this year, sources close to the attorney general told CNBC.



Charles Gasparino
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The efforts by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo also may expand to include capping non-executive bonus compensation. In addition, Cuomo has not ruled out trying to recoup previous years' bonuses for top executives, sources said.

The discussions involve firms that have received money under the $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.

Besides Wall Street financial institutions, Cuomo has also asked insurance giant American International Group [AIG  Loading...      ()   ] to disclose more on its executive compensation. AIG has received billions in government money under the TARP.

Cuomo is currently having discussions with Citigroup [C  Loading...      ()   ], Bank of America [BAC  Loading...      ()   ], Bank of New York Mellon [BK  Loading...      ()   ], JP Morgan Chase [JPM  Loading...      ()   ], Merrill Lynch [MER  Loading...      ()   ], Morgan Stanley [MS  Loading...      ()   ], State Street [STT  Loading...      ()   ] and Wells Fargo [WFC  Loading...      ()   ].

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Goldman Sachs [GS  Loading...      ()   ] and UBS [UBS  Loading...      ()   ] have already dropped executive bonuses this year.

The negotiations on bonuses follow Cuomo's initial inquiry into compensation at Wall Street firms.

Efforts to curb bonuses beyond top executives could involve second tier—and possibly third tier—producers for the top firms, sources said. This could include traders, salesmen and bankers who fall below the executive level but still earn the vast majority of their income through yearly bonuses.

And the possibility of recouping bonuses from previous years could involve tens of millions of dollars.

Last year, Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein took home nearly $70 million in bonus compensation, a record for a CEO of publically traded investment bank. His two co-presidents, Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried reportedly were paid close to $68 million each.

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