Posted on 05/09/2024 11:52:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo scored another win in his efforts to unravel the state’s new ethics commission, as part of an ongoing spat over his pandemic-era book deal.
A mid-level appellate court upheld a lower court judge’s decision to scrap the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, COELIG, which had ordered the ex-gov to fork over proceeds from his pandemic era memoir.
“The Legislature, though well-intentioned in its actions, violated the bedrock principles of separation of powers,” the five-judge panel wrote in its unanimous ruling.
The former Governor, who stepped down in 2021 amid a wave of sexual harassment and ethics accusations that he denies, cheered Thursday’s ruling.
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We don’t need no stinking ethics!
There was a time that he and the hair-apparent, Gavin N. were considered the Dem heavy hitter presidential prospects who sat out Trump’s inevitable win in 2020 to wait for better timing in 2024. Look at them now.
There was an investigation of ethics in the government.
None were found.
Nod to comedian Mark Russell (1923-2023) RIP.
Paraphrased.
Oh, so now NY Judges understand laws…. 🧐🧐🧐
He killed at least 18,000 people in New York. Newsom killed many thousands as well in California by denying medical care.
Ethics, yeah, good one.
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