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FILE - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a New York Hispanic Clergy Organization meeting, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in New York. Arguments over the the fate of the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government were heard by a state appeals court in Albany. The arguments Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, stem from a lawsuit filed by former Cuomo, who claims the commission lacked the constitutional authority to prosecute him. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York appeals court hears arguments over the fate of the state’s ethics panel

A New York appeals court in Albany has heard arguments over the fate of the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. On Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, the U.S. Justice Department reached a settlement with the state of New York to resolve a sexual harassment investigation of former Gov. Cuomo, confirming allegations from the damaging misconduct probe that led to the Democrat's resignation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Justice Department finds Cuomo sexually harassed employees and settles with New York state

FILE - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a New York Hispanic Clergy Organization meeting, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in New York. Cuomo is suing state Attorney General Letitia James in an effort to force her to turn over unreleased interviews from the damaging sexual misconduct investigation that led to his resignation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Andrew Cuomo sues attorney general for records in sexual harassment probe that led to his downfall

FILE - Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa listens as then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to reporters during a news conference, Sept. 14, 2018, in New York. Cuomo's inner circle began readying a possible campaign in 2022 to reclaim the office he resigned from during a sexual harassment scandal, but he didn't want to subject his daughters to another run, DeRosa, his former top aide, says in a book to be released Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Cuomo could have run again for NY governor, but declined for family reasons, former top aide writes

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. A commission created by New York's governor and Legislature in 2022 as an independent ethics authority violates the state constitution because it is beyond the governor's control, a state judge said Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in a ruling in favor of Cuomo, the state's former governor. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The New York ethics commission that pursued former Governor Cuomo is unconstitutional, a judge says

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FILE - The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.” (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to ‘Buffalo Billion’

The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”

FILE - Secretary to the Governor, Melissa DeRosa, joins New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he speaks to reporters during a news conference on Sept. 14, 2018, in New York. In a phone interview, Monday, April 17, 2023, DeRosa described her upcoming memoir, "What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics, and Crisis," as a chance for her to reflect, set the record straight and give an insider's account of tumultuous events. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

In memoir, former Cuomo aide says ‘nothing goes unaddressed’

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A memoir from the top aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the deadliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an investigation that concluded he sexually harassed 11 women, will come out in the fall.

FILE - Charlotte Bennett participates in an interview in New York on Oct. 12, 2021. Bennett, a onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who accused him of sexual harassment in a federal lawsuit filed a separate lawsuit Wednesday, March 15, 2023, against the state. Bennett filed a complaint in state court in Manhattan saying her former employer, the state of New York, is liable for Cuomo’s sexual harassment and for the actions of his top aides, who failed to take corrective action once she reported it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Former Cuomo aide alleging sexual harassment sues New York

NEW YORK (AP) — A onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who accused him of sexual harassment in a federal lawsuit filed a separate lawsuit Wednesday against the state.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2021. A judge ruled Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, that New York state should pay Cuomo’s legal bills as he defends himself against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York should pay Cuomo’s legal fees in suit, judge rules

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state should pay former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legal bills as he defends himself against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper, a judge ruled Friday.

FILE - Edgar Ramirez wear's a Time's Up pin arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Five years after making its public debut, the #MeToo-era's Time's Up organization is ceasing operations and shifting funds to its legal defense fund, according to the group’s board chair in an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Time’s Up to halt operations, shift resources to legal fund

Five years after it made a splashy public debut, the #MeToo-era organization Time’s Up is ceasing operations — at least in its current form.

FILE - Former Education Secretary John King speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. King has been appointed chancellor of the State University of New York, overseeing the state's public colleges, SUNY announced Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. King previously led New York's K-12 schools as state education commissioner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Former Education Secretary King named SUNY chancellor

Former U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. has been appointed chancellor of the State University of New York, the nation’s largest university system, SUNY announced Monday.

FILE - Dr. Mary Bassett, New York City's health commissioner, addresses the media during a news conference in New York, Aug. 8, 2015. Bassett will resign Jan. 1, 2023 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Mary Bassett said in a statement Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, that she was leaving so the next commissioner can lead the department for a full four-year term under Gov. Kathy Hochul, who won election to her first full term last month. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard

New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

FILE - Joseph Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, arrives at federal court for his corruption trial, March 8, 2018, in New York. Percoco was convicted of accepting over $300,000 from companies seeking to influence the Cuomo administration as it worked on the Buffalo Billion project. He was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison, a conviction upheld on appeal. An online database of federal inmates puts his release date from custody in early 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Supreme Court sympathetic to group convicted in NY scandal

The Supreme Court seems ready to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others convicted of corruption related to an upstate economic development project dubbed the Buffalo Billion.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to supporters during her election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Democrat Kathy Hochul becomes 1st woman elected NY governor

Democrat Kathy Hochul has become the first woman elected New York governor, winning the office outright that she took over in 2021 when former Gov.

FILE - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a New York Hispanic Clergy Organization meeting on March 17, 2022, in New York. Fourteen months after resigning, the former New York governor is elbowing his way back into the spotlight, launching a podcast and a political action committee in what could be the first steps toward a comeback run for political office. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Cuomo’s return: Ex-gov launches podcast, laments downfall

Fourteen months after resigning in a sexual harassment scandal, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking to elbow his way back into the public eye.

FILE — In this image taken from video, Kevin Bruen, Superintendent of the New York State Police, holds a firearm as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference, May 18, 2022, in New York. Bruen resigned Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, days after Hochul said he was being investigated for his handling of internal personnel matters.(Office of the Governor of New York via AP, File)

NY state police superintendent quits amid investigation

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s state police superintendent resigned Friday, days after Gov. Kathy Hochul said he was being investigated for his handling of internal personnel matters.

Former governor Cuomo forming PAC, hosting weekly podcast

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking his biggest steps yet to return to public life, more than a year after resigning in the wake of a bevy of sexual harassment allegations.

FILE - Charlotte Bennett, a former health policy aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pauses during an interview in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. The onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sued him Wednesday, saying he sexually harassed her then smeared her reputation when she became the second woman to tell her story publicly. Charlotte Bennett is the second of Cuomo's accusers to file a civil lawsuit.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ex-aide who alleged sexual harassment sues Andrew Cuomo

A onetime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sued him, saying he tried to groom her for a sexual relationship at the start of the pandemic and then later smeared her reputation publicly.

Cuomo ethics complaint repeats claims about harassment probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against state Attorney General Letitia James, reiterating his oft-repeated complaint about the way she handled a sexual harassment investigation that led to his resignation last year.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2021. Cuomo sued Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, arguing that James violated state law by denying him public assistance for his defense in a sexual harassment claim. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Relationship with Cuomo daughter led to trooper’s transfer

New York’s inspector general says a state trooper should have been disciplined for being romantically involved with a daughter of Andrew Cuomo while he served on the former governor’s security detail.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium, on July 26, 2021. A New York judge sided with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in his dispute with a now-defunct state ethics commission that ordered him to give up $5 million he was paid to write a book about his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York judge sides with Cuomo in dispute over book deal

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge sided with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday in his dispute with a now-defunct state ethics commission that ordered him to give up $5 million he was paid to write a book about his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2021. Cuomo sued Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, arguing that James violated state law by denying him public assistance for his defense in a sexual harassment claim. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Cuomo: Taxpayers should pay sexual harassment legal bills

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills as he defends himself against a workplace sexual harassment claim — and he’s suing the state’s attorney general over it.

Top New York judge says she’ll comply with vaccine mandate

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge on New York’s highest court has reversed her refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine months after not complying with a vaccination mandate.

Ex-Cuomo adviser killed when Lyft ride ends on highway

DEWEY BEACH, Del. (AP) — An ex-adviser to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was killed in a crash after police say a Lyft driver ordered him out of the car in the middle of a Delaware highway over the weekend.

FILE — New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, asks questions during oral arguments at the Court of Appeals, June 1, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Di Fiore announced Monday, July 11, 2022, she will step down after more than six years presiding at the state's highest court and overseeing the state court system. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Chief judge of top New York court to leave at end of August

The chief judge of New York’s Court of Appeals announced Monday she will step down after more than six years presiding at the state’s highest court and overseeing the state court system.

FILE - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at New York's Yankee Stadium on July 26, 2021. A report released Thursday, July 7, 2022, by an independent law firm hired to investigate details surrounding Cuomo's book deal, found that he improperly used state employees and resources for the $5.1 million book deal in 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Report: Cuomo wrongly used state resources to promote book

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo improperly used state resources for a book he received $5.1 million to write, according to a report by a law firm.

Key players granted bail in Buffalo Billion corruption case

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has granted bail to a prominent Buffalo developer and other businessmen serving prison time for a bid-rigging scheme related to former Gov.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during her primary election night party, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NY Democrats choose Hochul for governor; GOP picks Zeldin

Kathy Hochul has won the Democratic nomination for New York governor, setting her on an expected path to win the governor’s office in November.

New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, left, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, center, Congressman Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., prepare to face off during New York's governor primary debate at the studios of WCBS2-TV, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Democrats face off in last NY governor debate before primary

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is running for election to the post after assuming it following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, faced off Thursday in a final debate with two of her fellow Democrats, U.S.

NYC Mayor Adams endorses Hochul in New York governor’s race

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for a full term on Wednesday, praising her as “an amazing governor” who deserves a full term.

New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, left, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, center, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY), face off during New York's governor primary debate at the studios of WCBS2-TV, June 7, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Hochul defends Bills stadium deal, gun positions in debate

NEW YORK (AP) — The two Democrats challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bid to keep her job criticized her Tuesday for her past backing from the National Rifle Association and the deal she reached to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills.

Suozzi, Williams, but no Hochul in 1st NY governor debate

NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three leading Democrats running for New York governor faced off in their first debate Thursday, with Jumaane Williams and U.S. Rep.

Ballot deadline passes with no paperwork from Cuomo

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to have opted against mounting an independent run for his old job — at least for now.

FILE - State Sen. Brian Benjamin embraces Gov. Kathy Hochul during an event in the Harlem, New York, after she made him lieutenant governor, Aug. 26, 2021. Hochul's previously smooth path to the Democratic primary hit a major bump this week when Benjamin resigned following his arrest in a federal corruption investigation. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NY Gov. Hochul hits election hurdle in running mate’s arrest

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to maneuver the sudden arrest and resignation of her running mate and lieutenant governor on bribery charges as she tries to win her party’s nomination in June.

FILE - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a New York Hispanic Clergy Organization. meeting, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in New York. Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against the state's ethics commission in an ongoing dispute over his earnings from a book about his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Cuomo files suit against NY ethics board over book profits

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against the state’s ethics commission. It’s the latest move in an ongoing dispute over his earnings from a book about his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.