{"id":551267,"date":"2021-06-03T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551267"},"modified":"2021-06-03T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:21:21","slug":"n-y-taxpayers-paying-gov-andrew-cuomos-2-5m-legal-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-taxpayers-paying-gov-andrew-cuomos-2-5m-legal-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"N.Y. taxpayers paying Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s $2.5M legal fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fn-y-taxpayers-paying-gov-andrew-cuomos-2-5m-legal-fees%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=551267&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 id=\"attachment_2416920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2416920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo discusses the East Side Access, a train tunnel that will connect rail yards in Queens with Grand Central Terminal, Thursday, May 27, 2021 in New York. (AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:09 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, June 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>New York taxpayers are being forced to pay more than $2 million in legal fees to help Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) fight off various scandals. A report by the New York Post revealed taxpayers are paying $900 an hour for Cuomo\u2019s defense lawyer. The attorney is defending Cuomo against his latest sexual harassment allegations, the nursing home scandal and allegations he used staffers to write his book about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, including government employees. They claim Cuomo made inappropriate comments towards them and touched them on various occasions. Cuomo has denied the allegations and said he has no plans to step down as governor.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat is also being investigated over his book deal that discusses his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, while already accumulating $5 million for it and reportedly having $17 million in his campaign war chest. When asked if he would use any of his own money to pay legal fees, Cuomo voiced it\u2019s the state\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said, \u201cthe way it works is the executive chamber has retained a counsel and that is a state expense. It has been in every investigation. So that\u2019s where we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddf5on nursing home scandal:<\/p>\n<p>On April 14 2020, Berna Lee contacted my office, fearing that her mother, residing in a&nbsp;nursing home in my district, had been negligently exposed to COVID. Berna had been stonewalled.<\/p>\n<p>1\/<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1ylBg5W4v\">https:\/\/t.co\/k1ylBg5W4v<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vp0KcSta5C\">pic.twitter.com\/vp0KcSta5C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron T. Kim (@rontkim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rontkim\/status\/1357427044838240260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo is the highest paid governor in the U.S. with an annual salary of $225,000. Critics have said politicians shouldn\u2019t use tax dollars to pay for legal fees and instead, should use a separate legal fund. State Assemblyman Ron Kim made a comment regarding the nursing home scandal saying, \u201che did this to himself. He defrauded the public. He hid life and death information.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/china-threatens-nuclear-war-over-u-s-calls-for-probe-into-origins-of-covid-19\/\">China Threatens Nuclear War Over U.S. Calls For Probe Into Origins Of COVID-19<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N.Y. Gov. 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