{"id":446731,"date":"2021-04-23T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446731"},"modified":"2021-04-23T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:50:46","slug":"andrew-cuomo-is-highest-paid-governor-in-history-despite-covid-19-failure-and-sexual-harassment-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-is-highest-paid-governor-in-history-despite-covid-19-failure-and-sexual-harassment-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Cuomo Is Highest-Paid Governor In History, Despite COVID-19 Failure And Sexual Harassment Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fandrew-cuomo-is-highest-paid-governor-in-history-despite-covid-19-failure-and-sexual-harassment-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3511.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to reports, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is the country\u2019s highest-paid governor in history, with an annual salary of $225,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith a $225,000 salary, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the country\u2019s highest paid governor. The next highest paid is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made $202,000 last year,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamandrzejewski\/2021\/04\/20\/andrew-cuomo-is-americas-highest-paid-governor-in-history\/?sh=abf359ee2c5e\"><span>Forbes<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The scandal-embroiled governor was scheduled to make even more in 2021 \u2014 with a $25,000 raise to $250,000 per year \u2014 which would have completed a $71,000 (41 percent) pay increase over three years. \u201cHowever, he opted not to take the extra $25,000,\u201d noted Forbes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Cuomo chose not to take this portion of the larger raise, he did lobby Congress for a federally-funded bailout, with $23.5 billion of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act going to New York State. As Forbes noted, this was $6 million more than Florida, despite Gov. DeSantis\u2019 state having more residents than Cuomo\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among the scandals facing Cuomo, the most recent involves criticism leveled against the governor for allegedly requiring staffers to work on his for-profit book detailing his COVID-19 response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnder New York law, Cuomo and other state employees are prohibited from using government resources for personal gain,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cuomo-staffers-work-on-his-book-wasnt-voluntary-as-required-by-law-some-claim-report\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a><span> detailed, reporting that Richard Azzopardi, a spokesman for the already scandal-embroiled New York governor, said last week that \u201cAs is permissible and consistent with ethical requirements, people who volunteered on this project did so on their own time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s Ashe Schow <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/andrew-cuomo-was-offered-more-than-4-million-for-pandemic-leadership-book-report-says\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> in early April that \u201cGov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was offered $4 million to write a book about his pandemic leadership \u2014 after his disastrous nursing home policy led to the deaths of thousands of patients,\u201d noting that \u201cCuomo\u2019s book, \u2018American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic,\u2019 portrayed him as a hero despite New York seeing more deaths than all but one other state (California).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This week, The New York Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/19\/nyregion\/andrew-cuomo-book-investigation.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the New York State attorney general has opened an investigation into Cuomo\u2019s alleged use of state resources to write and promote the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>News that Cuomo is the highest-paid governor in the country\u2019s history also comes at a time when Cuomo is dealing with criticism regarding his administration\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/timeline-andrew-cuomos-scandalous-covid-19-response\"><span>Since<\/span><\/a><span> the onset of the pandemic, Cuomo repeatedly downplayed fears, worked to retroactively protect nursing homes who failed to care for COVID-19 patients, and was the target of an FBI investigation after The New York Post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> on Secretary Governor Melissa DeRosa\u2019s apology to Democratic legislators for intentionally hiding COVID-19 death data out of fear of federal prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After Biden\u2019s election, pressure continued to build on the former Democratic Party hero. In early April, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lee-zeldin-announces-2022-campaign-to-unseat-andrew-cuomo-losing-is-not-an-option\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> the launch of his 2022 gubernatorial campaign, looking to unseat Cuomo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ll bring the kind of relentless, fighting spirit towards helping to save our state that Cuomo reserves for multi-million dollar self-congratulatory book deals, cover-ups, abuse &#038; self-dealing,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is the country\u2019s highest-paid governor in history, with an annual salary of $225,000.\u201cWith a $225,000 salary, New York Gov. 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