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Cuomo staff volunteered for work on his book, in apparent violation of ethics rule
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 24: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at his office on March 24, 2021 in New York City. Cuomo gave an update on the state s COVID-19 response and took questions from the media.Pool/Getty
ALBANY – When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sought approval to publish a book last July, his government counsel wrote a letter to New York’s ethics oversight agency. In that letter, Cuomo’s special counsel, Judith Mogul, noted past state ethics opinions laying out “guardrails” a state employee must follow when seeking to earn outside income from writing a book.