Posted on 02/18/2025 1:19:37 PM PST by RandFan
ALBANY, New York — New York’s top court has upheld the constitutionality of the state’s new ethics commission, delivering a blow to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he considers a run for mayor.
Cuomo had challenged the commission after it launched a probe of his $5 million deal to write a memoir on Covid. He won in two lower courts
But the Court of Appeals sided with the state in a split 4-3 decision. The Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government does not run afoul of separation of powers rules and can continue to operate as designed, the judges said. The decision means COELIG can resume its investigation into Cuomo, just as he puts together the pieces for his likely high-profile New York City mayoral campaign.
A predecessor ethics commission had concluded that the ex-governor improperly used state resources as he wrote “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic” in 2020. It attempted to force Cuomo to repay the $5.1 million he earned from the deal. As litigation over that continued, the commission was replaced with COLEIG. Cuomo brought his suit once this new entity picked up where its predecessor left off.
Tuesday’s decision likely means there will be a new probe that could take many months.
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Sounds like someone is afraid he will win the election for mayor.
This POS is one of the 5 governors that should have been charged with mass murder and crimes against humanity for what they did to those poor, innocent elderly in those nursing homes during their plandemic.
The vile basstid should have been arrested, tried, sentenced and executed for it.
Instead, as of this date, not a single one of em has ever been held accountable for it and most likely never will be. These evil vermin walk free while wasting God’s good air in doing so.
At nine bucks per hardcopy that mean 567,000 people bought his book?
Did 567,000 people buy that book?
How many schools are there in NY state?
That’s the dem’s book scam. They have someone write it for them, force the school systems to put 5-10 copies in each library, and voila! “Sold copies” just appear out of nowhere.
Money laundering 101
He should not be making any money off the abominable way he managed the Covid response and cost all those people their lives.
“””Did 567,000 people buy that book?”””
The same people who bought Hunters finger paintings.
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