Cuomo is asking the court to force the ethics watchdog to cease efforts to take the money ahead of a June 13 hearing on whether he improperly used state resources while writing a 2020 COVID-19 memo…
ALBANY – Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit on Tuesday arguing a state ethics body lacks the legal authority to take the $5 million he made from a controversial book deal.
“Reflecting the Legislature’s express goal of creating an agency ‘truly independent’ of the governor, the [law] structured COELIG so as to deprive the governor of her exclusive “power of appointing, overseeing and controlling those who execute the laws,” the lawsuit, filed in Albany County Supreme Court, states.
The book was a best-seller for Crown Publishing before a cascade of scandals toppled Cuomo from the national pedestal he enjoyed after his once-celebrated COVID-19 briefings.Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit on Tuesday arguing a state ethics agency is too “independent” to investigate him.
Cuomo’s 2020 COVID-19 memoir was a bestseller until a cascade of scandals tarnished his political brand.
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