Deadbeat Dad Andrew Cuomo Shirked Paying Fair Share For Family Upkeep

More evidence that Governor Cuomo's a deadbeat dad:

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars into a fund as his share of the family's expenses while married to one of Robert F. Kennedy's daughters, Daily Mail Online has learned exclusively.

The result of his inaction is that ex-wife Kerry Kennedy is considerably worse off than her eight surviving siblings or other members of the Kennedy clan.

And that is why Kerry, 56, has been determined to battle the husband she divorced more than a decade ago for child support for their three daughters, who are all now at Ivy League universities.

'Kerry never thought to check to make sure Andrew was paying the money in while she was married, it was only after they split that she realized,' one inside Kennedy source tells Daily Mail Online.

Cuomo and Kennedy finally came to an agreement on the cash to fund their daughters' education late last week after The New York Post started digging into the matter. 

The Post said the dispute surrounded 'substantial amounts' of child support payments for the past two-and-a-half years.

The Post claimed Cuomo, who is seen as a likely future Democratic presidential candidate, only paid up a few hours after learning that the paper was preparing an article in a bid to avoid adverse publicity.

But sources tell Daily Mail Online this isn't the first time that Cuomo, 58, has tried to avoid paying money to his ex. He did the same when they were married.

'This fits the pattern,' the insider told Daily Mail Online.

Read the whole thing, then head on over and read Andrew Cuomo's 2012 statement about the importance of paying child support.

It's a hoot.

Deadbeat Dad Andrew Cuomo Declared August "Child Support Awareness Month"

Just as Tax Deadbeat Andrew Cuomo went after other tax deadbeats while barring the tax assessor from assessing improvements made to the home he shares with celebrity chef Sandra Lee, Deadbeat Dad Andrew Cuomo declared August "Child Support Awareness Month" while failing to pay child support to his ex-wife Kerry Kennedy:

Declares Aug. 2012 "Child Support Awareness Month"...then doesn't pay child support. @Fud31 https://t.co/bCLbZdP21m https://t.co/LMPW0vtbzT

— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) December 7, 2015

Here was the governor's own press release from August 2012 on the importance of paying child support and going after deadbeats who don't:

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he has issued a Proclamation declaring August as Child Support Awareness Month in New York State. This was announced in partnership with The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA).

OTDA, in conjunction with local departments of social services, administers New York's child support enforcement program. In addition, OTDA assists in obtaining financial assistance and health insurance coverage for children by locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity and support orders, collecting, distributing, and enforcing payments of child support.

"By enforcing child support payments, OTDA is not only securing the financial benefits owed to custodial parents, but protecting the well-being and future of the children of our state," said Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. "Child support is important for the economic stability of these families, and is especially crucial to those in low-income areas. We are dedicated to protecting the rights of vulnerable children in New York State by holding individuals accountable."

"Child support is a vital source of income for single-parent households in New York State, many of them low-income families," said OTDA Executive Deputy Commissioner Elizabeth Berlin. "Our successes in child support are critical to enhancing child well-being and the economic security of New York's families. Studies have shown that when both parents provide financial and emotional support, children are more likely to lead healthy and productive lives, do well in school and succeed later in life."

OTDA should have gone after Andrew Cuomo and forced him to make his child support payments.

Oh well - looks like the Fred Dicker column on Andy being a deadbeat daddy worked just as well.

Report: Andrew Cuomo's A Deadbeat Dad

Fred Dicker in the NY Post:

Gov. Cuomo has been privately battling ex-wife Kerry Kennedy for years over “substantial’’ child-support payments for their three children, The Post has been told.

Two sources close to the Kennedy family — both well-known individuals — told The Post that Cuomo, 58, and Kennedy, 56, have been involved in at-times-bitter, lawyer-assisted go-rounds over “substantial amounts’’ of child-support payments for the past 2¹/₂ years, and reached an agreement on some of the financial obligations only two weeks ago.

Since then, the sources said, a battle has continued over payments for “education costs and health care’’ for 20-year-old daughters Cara and Mariah, who attend Harvard and Brown universities, respectively, and Michaela, 18, who recently graduated from high school a few months after being taken to the Westchester County Medical Center after an unexplained incident in which she was found unconscious at her mother’s home.

The remaining dispute apparently was resolved Friday evening — just a few hours after The Post made inquiries about what is, for Cuomo, a politically embarrassing situation.

One of the sources said he had, in fact, hoped that knowledge that The Post was working on a report about the situation would convince the governor to quickly settle the dispute with Kennedy, daughter of former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy — if only to avoid what was certain to be adverse publicity.

“Kerry has been at the end of her ropes over this because nothing seemed to convince him [Cuomo] to do the right thing,’’ said a source close to Kennedy.

“Andrew didn’t pay child support or alimony for the past 2¹/₂ years until a few weeks ago, and then he continued to leave out the payments for education and health care, which he’s required to pay.

Dicker writes that Kennedy and Cuomo released a joint statement this weekend that the Post report is completely unfounded but that one of his "sources" says Kennedy's signature on that statement comes as part of the deal to finally get Deadbeat Andy to pay his full share of child support, including education and health care payments.

This isn't the first time Cuomo's been caught being a deadbeat.

He's also a tax deadbeat, having barred the assessor from entering the house he shares with partner Sandra Lee to assess improvements she made to the property that were shown in newspapers and magazines.

So, quite frankly, I'm not surprised that this report of Cuomo as a deadbeat dad has surfaced.

Cuomo's the kind of guy who thinks rules and regulations are only for other people.

Otherwise how do you explain Tax Deadbeat Andy going after other tax deadbeats?