An Andrew Cuomo Lawsuit to Keep $5M Book Profits Risks Digging Up More Dirt: Lavine
“The ex-governor is threatening to sue the Joint Commission on Public Ethics for ordering him to turn over the proceeds of his $5.1 million coronavirus book deal to state Attorney General Letitia James within 30 days. JCOPE’s order on Tuesday came a month after it revoked its approval last year,” reports Carl Campanile in New York Post.
“Allowing Cuomo to write the book after concluding he violated a pledge not to use staffers and other government resources to prepare it. One commissioner on the ethics board said of the expected litigation. JCOPE commissioner Gary Lavine said discovery material produced in any such court case could lead to more damning details about.”
