{"id":852677,"date":"2021-10-06T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=852677"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:44:32","slug":"ny-ethics-agency-probing-its-decision-to-greenlight-cuomos-5-million-book-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-ethics-agency-probing-its-decision-to-greenlight-cuomos-5-million-book-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Ethics Agency Probing Its Decision To Greenlight Cuomo\u2019s $5 Million Book Deal"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fny-ethics-agency-probing-its-decision-to-greenlight-cuomos-5-million-book-deal%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=852677&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1232809883.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A New York state ethics panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to launch a probe into the panel\u2019s previous decision to greenlight disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s&nbsp;$5 million book deal last year.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s Joint Commission on Public Ethics voted to open an investigation into Cuomo and its own approval of his book deal. Cuomo\u2019s book, \u201cAmerican Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic,\u201d pulled in $5.1 million for the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>GOP panel member David McNamara <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/05\/ny-state-ethics-agency-probing-ok-to-cuomos-5m-book-deal\/\">issued<\/a> a proposed resolution to tap outside counsel to conduct \u201can inquiry into the facts, circumstances, policies and practices\u201d surrounding Cuomo\u2019s request for authorization to personally profit from the book. Last month, the same panel <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/14\/hochul-ethics-panel-pick-helps-cuomo-keep-5-1m-from-book\/\">voted<\/a> to let Cuomo keep the money he made from the book. If a new probe finds the panel wrongly approved Cuomo\u2019s book deal, however, the panel could <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/05\/ny-state-ethics-agency-probing-ok-to-cuomos-5m-book-deal\/\">require<\/a> him to return the profits.<\/p>\n<p>The panel voted Tuesday to \u201capprove the retention of independent counsel to conduct an inquiry into the legal and procedural operations of the commission,\u201d said Jose Nieves, the commission\u2019s new Democratic chairman. Nieves had been appointed just a day earlier by Gov. Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, the deputy general counsel at the ethics commission approved the book deal while the panel was out of session, between June and August meetings. Since then, board members have griped that they were not consulted about the approval, noting that the board never voted on it.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo resigned in disgrace in August<span> after a sexual harassment scandal engulfed his administration, marking the end of his three terms in office. The Democratic governor\u2019s decision to step down came a week after a damning report from the New York attorney general\u2019s office, which found the governor sexually harassed multiple women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing,\u201d Cuomo said from his Manhattan office. \u201cAnd therefore, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The attorney general\u2019s report found that <\/span><span>Cuomo <\/span><span>violated federal and state laws by sexually <\/span><span>harassing 11 women, including former New York state employees and members of the public. <\/span><span>Even as he was resigning, the former governor remained firm in his denials that he did nothing wrong. Cuomo said he \u201cdeeply apologizes\u201d to the women he offended but pleaded ignorance and took no responsibility for acting inappropriately on purpose, saying that in his mind, he \u201c<\/span><span>never crossed the line with anyone,\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cuomo was still reeling from other scandals, including his dismal handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes and his administration\u2019s subsequent coverup of the death toll.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo is also under scrutiny for potentially employing government resources to work on the book. His top aide, Melissa DeRosa, attended meetings with publishers and helped edit book drafts, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/31\/nyregion\/cuomo-book-nursing-homes.html\">reported<\/a>. New York State attorney general Letitia James opened an investigation into those allegations earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York state ethics panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to launch a probe into the panel\u2019s previous decision to greenlight disgraced former Gov. 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