The embattled governor was paid $3.1 million as part of his book deal in 2020 and donated $500,000 of his earnings to the United Way and vaccination efforts, his office said. He paid $1.5 million in taxes and incurred $117,000 in expenses, according to federal tax filings made public Monday.
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo will make more than $5 million for his controversial pandemic-themed book that has sparked probes into whether state resources were used to write and promote the tome. The embattled governor was paid $3.1 million as part of his book deal in 2020 and donated $500,000 of his earnings to the United Way and vaccination efforts, his office said. He paid $1.5 million in taxes and reported $117,000 in expenses, according to his office and federal tax filings made public Monday. The remaining million made from the book last year, released in October as New York entered a second deadly wave of the pandemic, was put into a trust for his daughters, Cuomo’s office said. The governor is set to receive an additional $2 million over the next two years — even as sales of the tome, titled “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic,” have reportedly slowed. Publisher Crown backed off on promoting the book earlier this year as the governor became embroiled in multiple scandals and several women accused him of sexual harassment. For months, the Democratic governor refused to disclose how much he was paid to write the book amid reports that staffers and aides were enlisted to assist with the process.
