Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo hit Albany’s ethics watchdog with a lawsuit Friday, accusing it of “extraordinary bias” against him as he seeks to hold onto his $5.1 million boo…
in November to rescind its decision that allowed Cuomo to write “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” arguing state resources were used to write the book, which it said contained “serial omissions and misrepresentations” about New York’s pandemic response.
The former governor claimed that staff members who worked on the book did so on their own time, and said the agency’s ruling amounted to “flagrant violations of the due process rights secured to him by the United States Constitution.” The disgraced Democrat, who resigned from office in August amid widespread allegations of sexual misconduct, spearheaded the creation of the ethics and lobbying regulatory agency in his first term.with an independent body, arguing it was too close to the governor’s office.in recent months, running ads claiming he had been exonerated of charges of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching.against the 64-year-old Queens native, citing a lack of evidence.