Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being forced to forfeit $5.1 million from his 2020 memoir, after an order from a state ethics board.
Mr. Cuomo was given the directive Tuesday from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which accused the Democratic ex-governor of breaking several state ethics laws.
Mr. Cuomo, who plans to fight the order, is being told to relinquish the earnings to the New York Attorney General's office.
...The book chronicles Mr. Cuomo's experience serving as New York's governor as the disease arrived on American shores, with his state as the epicenter.
The commission says Mr. Cuomo misrepresented the subject of his memoir and the timeline of his work on the book...
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered to forfeit $5.1 million from book deal - Washington Times