ALBANY – Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has again succeeded in delaying New York state’s ethics panel’s investigation into his $5 million COVID-19-era book deal.

The Commission on Ethics and Lobbying and Government agreed to a temporary restraining order , halting its investigation into Cuomo’s COVID-19 era book memoir “American Crisis” after the ex-Governor filed a lawsuit in Albany County Supreme Court this week.

Cuomo’s lawyers argue that the long winding legal drama over whether he used government staffers and got proper approval to write his book has ultimately resulted in COELIG violating the former Governor’s due process rights, freedom of speech, and the 7th Amendment among other legal violations.

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo is once again suing the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Go

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