{"id":330491,"date":"2021-08-26T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T05:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethics-agency-could-revoke-andrew-cuomos-royalties-gained-from-5-1-m-book\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T05:58:53","slug":"ethics-agency-could-revoke-andrew-cuomos-royalties-gained-from-5-1-m-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethics-agency-could-revoke-andrew-cuomos-royalties-gained-from-5-1-m-book\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ethics agency could revoke Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s royalties gained from $5.1 M book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ethics agency could revoke Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s royalties gained from $5.1 M book<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>ALBANY \u2014 Disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be forced to return the royalties gained from his $5.1 million book deal if it\u2019s determined that he violated New York law, the top official sitting on the state\u2019s ethics agency told lawmakers in Albany on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) grilled Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) executive director Judge Sanford Berland during a state Senate Ethics Committee hearing as to whether or not the panel was empowered to claw back profits gained from Cuomo\u2019s pandemic-era memoir, \u201cAmerican Crisis: Leadership Lessons and the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the financial gain is significantly more than any fines or penalties [that] can be invoked, there\u2019s an obvious encouragement for the behavior\u2026 if I get a $5,000 fine for a $5 million book deal \u2014 that\u2019s not much of a deterrent. So I guess my question is, again, hypothetically, if financial gain is significant, is there a mechanism for JCOPE to claw back beyond just a standard fine or penalty, but the actual gain itself?\u201d probed Stec.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Governor Andrew Cuomo\" class=\"wp-image-19250340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s royalties gained from American Crisis book could be seized.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images; AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Berland replied that the statute does provide \u201cfor a penalty that includes recoupment of the compensation or benefits received by the individual.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, the judge has previously argued the move could face legal hurdles if the action is voted on by JCOPE commissioners via a full panel vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"Judge Sanford Neil Berland \" class=\"wp-image-19250445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Judge Sanford Neil Berland was at the helm of a state Senate Ethics Committee hearing regarding if a panel would claw back Cuomo\u2019s book profits.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s book deal is the subject of an ongoing probe by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn into whether the disgraced governor misused state resources by employing government staffers to help write and produce the book during work hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has denied the allegations, arguing the aides volunteered on the project.<\/p>\n<p>State Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James\u2019 office is also conducting an investigation into the matter, following a criminal referral by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.<\/p>\n<p>The book landed on the New York Times best-seller list following its October publication, as Cuomo still basked in popularity tied to his daily COVID-19 briefings in 2020, at the height of the pandemic in New York.<\/p>\n<p>But sales tanked in the new year and Crown Publishing Group paused promoting the tome \u2014 announcing the company would stop reprinting and reissuing copies \u2014 after sexual harassment allegations arose in late February against the then-governor.<\/p>\n<p>Tension also arose among JCOPE commissioners earlier this year after it was revealed that JCOPE staffers quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved Cuomo\u2019s request to write the book without a full panel vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-656.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"State Attorney General Letitia James'\" class=\"wp-image-19250406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-656.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-656.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-656.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>State Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office is conducting an investigation into Andrew Cuomo.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York\u2019s public officer\u2019s law bars elected officials from engaging in activity to enrich themselves, requiring a vetting and approval from the ethics agency on matters concerning outside income. <\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Gary Lavine, a Republican appointee, told The Post he plans on making a motion to revoke approval for Cuomo\u2019s book deal during the public session of JCOPE\u2019s upcoming meeting Thursday morning \u2014 which would force the ex-gov to reapply for permission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"State Sen. Dan Stec\" class=\"wp-image-19250417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=116 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/cuomos-book-profits-imperiled-654.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>State Sen. Dan Stec met with Judge Sanford Neil Berland at a state Senate Ethics Committee hearing to see if the panel would claw back Cuomo\u2019s profits.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe promulgated a rule having to do with applications for outside activity \u2014 meaning outside income. The rule requires a vote of the commission. But there was no vote on the book deal, in fact it was never presented to us. The staff took the position that no vote of the commission was necessary. I will move tomorrow to rescind the informal opinion,\u201d said Lavine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grounds for rescission on the approval is the material misrepresentation that there would be no state resources used to write the book and effective its publication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the measure is voted on and approved, Cuomo would have 10 business days to reapply for approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The panel would then review the application and take a vote to either deny or greenlight the request at a future meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lavine also said he will raise a resolution asking JCOPE to make a criminal referral to the attorney general, asking her to investigate alleged misconduct involving a 2019 leak that occurred during a private session.<\/p>\n<p>The leak \u2014 reportedly concerning whether or not the panel voted to investigate ex-Cuomo aide joe Percoco \u2014 was also referred to the state Assembly Judiciary Committee to include in its impeachment probe.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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