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Cuomo to keep $5M in book cash thanks to appellate court ruling that scraps ethics board
The decision could likely be the end for the short-lived ethics panel, which was created in 2021 to replace the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE.
Government reform groups back state ethics panel in Cuomo lawsuit: 'Protecting his $5M book deal'
The good government groups write in their brief that this appointment process isn’t perfect, but it’s at least constitutional.
Give NYers an ethics watchdog they can trust
Cuomo gets to hang on to his ill-gotten $5 million book payment is just the latest sign that New York state’s leaders are incapable of imposing any ethical restraints on...
New emails highlight a Team Cuomo COVID priority: promoting Andrew
No sooner did COVID erupt in early 2020 than Team Cuomo roared into action — racing desperately to find ways to . . . capitalize on the pandemic, of course,...
Pariah pol Jeff Klein loses bid to end NY sex harass probe -- that he asked for
The one-time state Senate powerbroker called for the probe into alleged forcible kissing of an aide that he now wants to end five years later.
New ethics panel eyes Cuomo rules to prevent another book scandal
The newly formed New York state ethics panel said Friday it will put safeguards in place that would prevent approval of any fat book contracts from a governor or statewide official...
Let's do it again: New push for probe of Cuomo's $5M COVID-19 book deal
"The governor of the state in New York is the highest paid governor in the country, we expect him to do full time work," Blair Horner, executive director of the...
Law school deans reject AG Letitia James' pick for ethics watchdog agency
Not even New York state's top lawyer – Attorney General Letitia James – can get her nominee past law school deans reviewing appointments to a new ethics watchdog.
Don't buy Cuomo's lame claim that he was booted because of #MeToo 'excess'
As governor, Andrew enthusiastically pushed the “believe all women” mantra.
Disgraced ex-Gov. Cuomo allowed to keep $5.1M from COVID book deal after court win
“JCOPE’s utter lawlessness in its treatment of Governor Cuomo has been exposed and the rule of law prevailed," Cuomo attorney Rita Glavin said in a statement responding to the ruling.
Critics blast AG Letitia James for not releasing findings in probe on Cuomo's COVID book
"There's no reason we haven't got any answers by now. This should be a slam dunk against Cuomo's blood money book of lies written on the graves of 15,000 nursing...
Here's the devastating $5M Cuomo book deal report panel won't let you see
The 36-page report -- the result of a taxpayer-funded investigation led by international law firm Hogan Lovells -- disappeared from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics' website Friday.
Ethics agency were patsies to approve Cuomo $5 million book deal: report
JCOPE officials allowed Cuomo and his team to dictate the terms of what information it would disclose and when about the book contract when it sought approval from the ethics...
Albany's getting a new ethics watchdog to replace JCOPE — but the JJOKE's on us!
JCOPE's replacement suffers from the same basic flaw as its predecessor: the people its members are supposed to police — i.e., Hochul, lawmakers and their staffs — are the very...
'J-Joke': Ethics watchdog's last-gasp bid to grab Cuomo's millions
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics has filed court papers in a last-gasp bid to force ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to turn over $5.2 million in profits from his pandemic memoir.
Ethics watchdog taps outside firm to fight Cuomo over book deal profits
The embattled public integrity commission has retained the global firm Hogan Lovells to defend it in a lawsuit filed by Cuomo earlier this month.
Brian Benjamin just the latest in a long line of sleazy New York pols
The latest disgraced New York political figure is Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, who resigned and surrendered to authorities to face federal bribery and campaign-finance fraud-related charges.
Don't expect Hochul's new ethics panel to be much better than the old one
Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to “blow up” the state’s dysfunctional ethics panel, but the “reforms” in her budget deal with legislative leaders fall short.
Cuomo's $5M book deal still under investigation despite suit, AG James says
State Attorney General Letitia James said it has an active criminal probe into whether Andrew Cuomo illegally used staffers in preparing his memoir.
Cuomo sues Albany ethics commission in attempt to keep $5M book profits
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo hit Albany's ethics watchdog with a lawsuit Friday, accusing it of "extraordinary bias" against him as he seeks to hold onto his $5.1 million...