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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began testifying Tuesday in a combative congressional subcommittee hearing centered on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus began to spread through the state's nursing homes in 2020.

A New York appeals court has ruled that a state commission tasked with investigating ethical violations was created unconstitutionally, a ruling that could strip the watchdog agency of its enforcement powers.

A New York appeals court in Albany has heard arguments over the fate of the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government. The arguments Friday stem from a lawsuit filed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who claims the commission lacked the constitutional authority to prosecute him.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being sued by a former aide who says Cuomo sexually harassed her while he was still in office.

Melissa DeRosa, one of the most powerful women in New York State government history, is now sharing her story for the first time in her new memoir, "What’s Left Unsaid My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis."DeRosa will be speaking with Ken Lovett at a New York State Writer’s Institute event tonight night at 7 p.m. at Page Hall on UAlbany’s Downtown Campus.

Former Governor Cuomo scored a victory last week in his legal fight to keep $5 million for a book about how he handled the COVID pandemic. A state judge ruled that the agency looking into whether the former governor violated the state’s ethics code by using government resources to write his book was unconstitutionally constructed. In doing so, the judge shut down – at least in the short term – the ethics agency’s investigation and may have blown up ethics oversight in New York.

In its last order of business before disbanding, the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has voted to release an internal report that details its approval of then-Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal about his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his second public speech in two weeks, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday decried “cancel culture” and offered prescriptions for fixing the ills in society and government. The speech is part of an ongoing attempt by the Democrat, who resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, to rebuild his reputation and possibly run against his successor, Governor Kathy Hochul.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made his first public appearance since resigning in August over sexual harassment allegations.

Government reform groups are asking the New York state Board of Elections to open an investigation into disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s spending of campaign funds, which he is using to run ads defending his reputation. A spokesman for the former governor says Cuomo is acting within the boundaries of the law.