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NY taxpayers on the hook for $450K as Cuomo sexual harassment accuser settles with the state — just months ahead of mayoral primary
NY Post ^ | 4/18/25 | Priscilla DeGregory, Vaughn Golden, Peter Senzamici, Carl Campanile, Matt Troutman

Posted on 04/26/2025 2:04:02 AM PDT by Libloather

A former state employee who accused Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment clinched a $450,000 settlement — with taxpayers set to foot the massive bill as the former governor makes a comeback bid for New York City mayor.

Charlotte Bennett, who served as an assistant to Cuomo when he was governor, officially ended a long-running lawsuit Friday against the Empire State.

She is slated to receive $100,000 personally with another $350,000 earmarked for her lawyers and legal costs — all of which will be shelled out by the state.

The settlement caps a bruising battle with Cuomo, including a separate federal lawsuit that Bennett later dropped in which her lawyer contended the ex-gov’s attorneys had aggressively sought her gynecological records.

“Ms. Bennett is looking forward to moving on with her life,” Bennett’s attorney Debra Katz said in a statement Friday about the settlement.

The scandal-plagued Cuomo’s various bids to clear his name have been costly for New Yorkers.

As of March, taxpayers had shelled out nearly $60 million in legal costs to defend against various scandals that embroiled the Cuomo administration, according to a report by the state Comptroller’s Office.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: cuomo; mayor; ny; primary

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Close call for Andy.
1 posted on 04/26/2025 2:04:02 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

And there it is 100k for victim, 350k for lawyers🤔😎


2 posted on 04/26/2025 3:02:07 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Libloather

Elect another dickwad as mayor. You will be glad you did ?

He is responsible for thousands of deaths of senior citizens when he had infected Covid patients transferred to retirement homes.


3 posted on 04/26/2025 3:11:33 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: Libloather

The settlement caps a bruising battle with Cuomo, including a separate federal lawsuit that Bennett later dropped in which her lawyer contended the ex-gov’s attorneys had aggressively sought her gynecological records. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Apparently she had the black syph? Democrats seem to be infectious.


4 posted on 04/26/2025 3:13:31 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: Libloather

The US Congress has a much better way to deal with such problems by maintaining a slush fund that is used to make members’ sexual harassment problems go away.

The Peoples Democratic Republic of New York should consider the same approach.


5 posted on 04/26/2025 3:31:11 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: Fresh Wind

So many political people are criminals and creeps.


6 posted on 04/26/2025 5:48:37 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Libloather

Water under the bridge. As soon as he is elected overwhelmingly he will send more covid sick people into nursing homes for some more of Dat “free money” the state will hand h8m out of their federal funds slush fund account for thinning the population


7 posted on 04/26/2025 6:22:09 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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