scored a legal victory in his book lawsuit after a state judge ruled he should be allowed to keep his $5.1 million payout from a pandemic-era memoir.Justice Thomas Marcelle issued the ruling in Cuomo's favor on Monday, striking down the state's ethics board's enforcement ability and ruling its creation unconstitutional.
"Those in Albany who created this farce of a commission may not care about—or know—the law, but whether it was five district attorneys rejecting the Attorney General's sham report's findings or the courts, every time someone charged with upholding the law looks at the facts we prevail," Azzopardi said."Truth and reason won, mob rule lost today."
Cuomo, who received national praise for his handling of the pandemic in his state, suffered a fall from grace two years ago after it was discovered that his administration covered up information related to COVID deaths in the state's nursing homes. He was also at the center of controversy for allegedly misusing state employees and resources for the book, according to a report by an independent law firm.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a news conference at the National Press Club May 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.