Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to return millions of dollars a publisher paid him to write a book about his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was ordered by New York’s ethics commission Tuesday to return millions of dollars a publisher paid him to write a book about his response to the coronavirus pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over proceeds earned from “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” within 30 days under a resolution approved 12-1 by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, according to multiple media reports. The order came a month after the commission voted to rescind the ethics approval it had given Cuomo as he entered into the $5.
