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(Louis Rossman) Cuomo, go away...
The video highlights Cuomo's numerous shortcomings.
It is very telling that Cuomo has wanted to dismantle an ethics board.
Court Rules Against Cuomo’s Attempt to Dismantle State Ethics Panel
New York’s highest court rejected the former governor’s push to undermine an ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he received for a memoir.
By Benjamin Oreskes
Feb. 18, 2025
New York’s highest court on Tuesday rejected efforts by former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to dismantle a state ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he had received, ruling that the body’s creation was constitutional.
The 4-3 decision was a blow to Mr. Cuomo, who had sued the commission, known as the State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, and who appears to be gearing up for a run for New York City mayor. Mr. Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 amid scandals related to his oversight of the state during the coronavirus pandemic and accusations of sexual misconduct, charges he denies.
Mr. Cuomo had argued that the 11-member commission removed enforcement powers from the governor, making its creation unconstitutional. Lawyers for the state defended the commission, saying that the notion of separation of powers was flexible enough to permit overlap between the branches of government.
Writing for the majority, Jenny Rivera, an associate judge with the State Court of Appeals, concluded that the creation of the body had come “very close to the boundary of permissible legislation” but that Mr. Cuomo’s “contention that the commission is controlled by ‘legislative agents’ is without merit.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/nyregion/cuomo-book-deal-ny-court-ruling.html
New York’s highest court rejected the former governor’s push to undermine an ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he received for a memoir.
By Benjamin Oreskes
Feb. 18, 2025
New York’s highest court on Tuesday rejected efforts by former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to dismantle a state ethics commission that had been investigating a $5.1 million book deal he had received, ruling that the body’s creation was constitutional.
The 4-3 decision was a blow to Mr. Cuomo, who had sued the commission, known as the State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, and who appears to be gearing up for a run for New York City mayor. Mr. Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 amid scandals related to his oversight of the state during the coronavirus pandemic and accusations of sexual misconduct, charges he denies.
Mr. Cuomo had argued that the 11-member commission removed enforcement powers from the governor, making its creation unconstitutional. Lawyers for the state defended the commission, saying that the notion of separation of powers was flexible enough to permit overlap between the branches of government.
Writing for the majority, Jenny Rivera, an associate judge with the State Court of Appeals, concluded that the creation of the body had come “very close to the boundary of permissible legislation” but that Mr. Cuomo’s “contention that the commission is controlled by ‘legislative agents’ is without merit.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/nyregion/cuomo-book-deal-ny-court-ruling.html