Ex-governor Cuomo ordered to pay back ‘Covid profits’

A state ethics board has ordered former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to hand over the profits he made off his 2020 book on “leadership lessons” from the Covid-19 pandemic. His lawyers said they would fight the decision.The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) in Albany voted 12-1 on Tuesday to claw back the profits Cuomo made from the book, saying he inappropriately used state resources – namely, the staff that worked in the governor’s office – to have it wri