{"id":223819,"date":"2021-04-09T23:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-ethics-panel-looks-into-cuomo-memoir-testing-scandals\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T20:36:12","slug":"ny-ethics-panel-looks-into-cuomo-memoir-testing-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-ethics-panel-looks-into-cuomo-memoir-testing-scandals\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY ethics panel looks into Cuomo memoir, testing scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NY ethics panel looks into Cuomo memoir, testing scandals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The ultra-secretive New York state ethics panel said Friday it is looking into formal complaints that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used government staffers to help write his COVID memoir and administered preferential swab tests to relatives during the early days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Following a two-and-hour private session, Joint Commission on Public Ethics counsel Monica Stamm issued the statement saying JCOPE \u201cdiscussed\u201d and authorized\u201d steps into unnamed \u201cinvestigative matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stamm declined to identify the target or targets of the probes, but the unusual emergency JCOPE meeting was called following new accusations that Cuomo had abused his power during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

JCOPE went into private session just minutes after Commissioner George Weissman read a statement complaining that he and other GOP app<\/a>ointees were denied information about important matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommissioners are now being told that to be denied information confidential or otherwise, is confidential in and of itself,\u201d Weissman said.<\/p>\n

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New York state ethics panel is looking into formal complaints that Gov. Andrew Cuomo used government staffers to help write his COVID memoir and administered preferential swab tests to relatives.<\/figcaption>
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He called that reasoning \u201creducto ad absurdum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aides to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are pushing back against his administration\u2019s\u00a0claim that they \u201cvolunteered\u201d to help\u00a0with his pandemic memoir, it was revealed Thursday.<\/p>\n

Several current and former Cuomo staffers\u00a0told the Times-Union\u00a0that their work on the best-selling book was \u201cexpected\u201d \u2014 despite not being official government work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not optional,\u201d said one former aide, who was among those asked to perform tasks related to Cuomo\u2019s tome.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was considered a part of your job,\u201d the person added. \u201cEveryone knew that you did what was asked of you and opting-out was never really an option.\u201d<\/p>\n

The handling of Cuomo\u2019s book deal was problematic from the start, Commissioner Gary Lavine told The Post.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces other state and federal probes involving allegations that he covered-up nursing home deaths from COVID-19 and that he sexually harassed female staffers.<\/figcaption>
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Cuomo\u2019s application to obtain outside income from the book was never discussed or approved by JCOPE commissioners, he said.<\/p>\n

Instead, Lavine said, the book proposal was only approved by JCOPE\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was illegal in my opinion,\u201d Lavine said. \u201cThe legislative appointees to JCOPE didn\u2019t get the information. It\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the law, JCOPE commissioners are forbidden from discussing internal probes, and can face misdemeanor charges if they divulge information. JCOPE releases public information after it has substantiated wrongdoing or reaches a settlement with the subject of a probe.<\/p>\n

Under the law, commissioners have veto power to block probes of their appointees.<\/p>\n

JCOPE has been criticized for treating Cuomo and his top brass with kid gloves.<\/p>\n

The commission never took formal action against former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, even though it was clearly established at his federal corruption trial that he violated the state Public Officers Law by using state resources to run Cuomo\u2019s 2014 re-election campaign.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the JCOPE last month, state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R-Lockport) asked for a probe of Cuomo after state health department after reports surfaced that state health department workers were used to give COVID tests to his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, his mom, Matilda and other relatives and favored associates.<\/p>\n

Cuomo\u2019s alleged conduct \u201cappears to be a very clear, straightforward violation\u201d of state law,\u201d Ortt told JCOPE.<\/p>\n

Cuomo faces other state and federal probes involving allegations that he covered-up nursing home deaths from COVID-19 and that he sexually harassed female staffers.<\/p>\n

The governor has repeatedly denied that he or his administration acted inappropriately.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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