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ALBANY - Add questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's lucrative book deal to the growing list of issues that will be investigated in a sweeping probe by the Assembly Judiciary Committee into myriad allegations against the embattled governor. Assemblyman Charles Lavine, the committee's chairman, said Wednesday night his panel would look into ongoing questions about the book Cuomo wrote and the $4 million The New York Times reported he may have received for it by and using government staff to help him prepare it. "While the Assembly investigation will look into those allegations, the Judiciary Commi...

As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report. ALBANY, N.Y. — As the coronavirus subsided in New York last year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had begun pitching a book proposal that would center on his image as a hero of the pandemic. But by early last summer, both his book and image had hit a critical juncture. Mr. Cuomo leaned on his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, for assistance.  She attended video meetings with publ...

As a biographer, Michael Shnayerson has spent years diving deep into the life of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. What he recounts for Vanity Fair is a past filled with alleged cheap shots, bullying and even abuse. 

New York State Team ALBANY – In 2011, newly-elected Gov. Andrew Cuomo recognized the need to work collegially with the state Legislature after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer burned up his relationship with lawmakers within his first year. "While I went to the people for support, my message did not demonize or alienate the legislators," Cuomo wrote in his 2014 book "All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life." "I wanted them with me and believed I could get them." Now, more than 10 years into his tenure, Cuomo's relationship with the co-equal Legislature is in tatters, the...

One woman who worked with Andrew M. Cuomo when he was housing secretary said he gave her a physical embrace in a hotel room in 2000 that was “too tight, too intimate.” Cuomo denies her account.