ALBANY — State legislators say they are willing to enact a number of new ethics reforms, but they argue Gov. Cuomo should subject himself to more public disclosure as well.
Republican and Democratic legislative sources say that while Cuomo has attacked lawmakers on the issue of outside income, the governor is making as much as $900,000 from HarperCollins for his recent memoir, which only sold a few thousand copies.
They also say that perhaps there should be a ban on governors giving paid outside speeches. While Cuomo during his first four years has not given such speeches, former Govs. Mario Cuomo and George Pataki did.
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An official in the New York Legislature argued there should be more public disclosure on what guests, if any, are staying at the governor’s Albany mansion.
And, in perhaps the most contentious suggestion, a number of legislative sources say Cuomo’s longtime live-in celebrity chef girlfriend, Sandra Lee, should be required to publicly disclose her income, investments and other financial information that the spouses of public officials are already mandated to reveal.
“A final negotiated package shouldn’t be just all about the Legislature,” said one high-ranking legislative official. “If you want to do something comprehensive on ethics, it should include the governor as well.”
The response from the legislature to every call for ethics reform from Cuomo ought to be "Fine - but you too."
Just as Moreland was only there to investigate the Legislature, Cuomo thinks ethics reform doesn't include having to reveal all his own donors.
HarperCollins publishers who published Cuomos "memoirs" are owned by Rupert Murdoch and a top executive there is non other than Joel Klein aka coke bottle glasses. Its all connected people, now we can see how Cuomo "thinks" our schools are "failing" hundreds and thousands of kids......lol...omg....what a world we live in...eh?? money money money..kids?? are you kidding me?
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