Andrew Cuomo Scores $5 Million Court Victory in Legal Upset
New York's former governor won his lawsuit seeking to disband the ethics commission that ordered him to forfeit millions from a book deal.
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New York's former governor won his lawsuit seeking to disband the ethics commission that ordered him to forfeit millions from a book deal.
The ruling found that the NY ethics panel violates the state’s constitution because it is too independent of the governor and her executive powers.
A commission created last year to enforce ethics rules for New York state's employees and elected officials violates the state's constitution because it is too independent, a state judge ruled Monday in a decision that could gut the body's power to combat corruption and influence-peddling. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been fighting an attempt by the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government to force him to forfeit $5 million he got for writing a b
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