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New Yorks ethics watchdog agency on Tuesday ordered former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to repay the state the proceeds he received from his $5 million book deal.

New Yorks ethics watchdog agency on Tuesday ordered former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to repay the state the proceeds he received from his $5 million book deal.

New Yorks ethics watchdog agency on Tuesday ordered former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to repay the state the proceeds he received from his $5 million book deal.

New Yorks ethics watchdog agency on Tuesday ordered former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to repay the state the proceeds he received from his $5M book deal.

>> odonnell: former new york governor andrew cuomo is being ordered by a state ethics panel to turn over more than $5 million he received for his book on the pandemic. the ethics panel approved the book deal last year after cuomo promised to write it on his own time and not use state resources or workers. but an investigation last month found his staff members worked numerous hours on the book during office hours. cuomos lawyer says he wont give up the money without a fight. all right, coming up...

More than two years ago, Gov. Ned Lamont sought legal counsel on how to avoid conflicts with his wife, Annie’s, extensive company investment portfolio.

The Lamonts provided a “recusal” list to state agencies shortly after Lamont took office. The list has been periodically updated. DCG was on the January 2021 list but is not on the most recent list, updated on Nov. 15, Gov. Lamont’s spokesman Max Reiss said.

Exchanges by the governor and his likely challenger spotlight ethics rules drawn by lawmakers who narrowly define conflicts of interest.

Not yet a declared candidate for governor, Republican Bob Stefanowski is running hard at Gov. Ned Lamont over the state’s two COVID-19 testing contracts with Sema4, a company in which first lady Annie Lamont’s venture capital firm, Oak HC/FT, is a minority investor. Stefanowski’s criticism, delivered via talk radio, opinion pieces and social media, has prompted the first sharp exchanges between the Democratic governor and the Republican who is expected to challenge him in 2022, a rematch o...

Annie Lamont's firm Oak HC/FT invested more than once in Sema4, a company that got $17 million in state contracts on its way to going public.