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re: Andrew Cuomo ordered to return $5.1M pandemic book profits to state

Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by Music_City_Tiger
Nashville, TN
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:34 pm to
I can't stand him or Fredo, but, I don't think they have the legal authority to do that.
Posted by Animal
Member since Dec 2017
4223 posts
Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:36 pm to
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I don't think they have the legal authority to do that.



Along came the Claw.
Posted by Tomatocantender
Boot
Member since Jun 2021
4819 posts
Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:45 pm to
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I don't think they have the legal authority to do that.


Maybe not within that independent panel in and of itself, but every state has a Department of Ethics with statutes and of course the Inspector General's office overseeing public corruption, malfeasance in office etc. Depends how far Andy wants to take this, but it's not uncommon for civil matters to turn into criminal matters rather quickly. And you couple this with the 2,000 plus page NY AG's report, yes it's probably in Andy's best interest to pay the book profits back sooner rather than later.
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
Member since Oct 2010
105501 posts
Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:49 pm to
I would think if it can be proven Cuomo broke the restrictions of the agreement, then the agreement would be null and void and any profits received from the book using state funded resources would be subject to forfeiture, no?
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 12/14/21 at 1:58 pm to
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I can't stand him or Fredo, but, I don't think they have the legal authority to do that.


Yup. Nor should they have any authority to do so.

This was a private contractual arrangement which had zero to do with the city.
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 12/14/21 at 7:07 pm to
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I can't stand him or Fredo, but, I don't think they have the legal authority to do that.


The only issue I see is how they gave the ok for him to profit off it in the first place. That's a big no no as a state employee.
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