Rescind...

 Members of New York’s ethics commission voted overwhelmingly to rescind approval of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $5.1 million book deal Tuesday.

The committee’s vote comes over a year since the October 2020 publication of Cuomo’s book “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which largely recounts the governor’s once-daily press conferences last spring.

The former governor, who resigned in August amid findings he sexually harassed at least 11 women, is also facing scrutiny over the book deal from state Attorney General Letitia James, federal prosecutors and the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, which is expected to soon release findings from a wide-ranging investigation of Cuomo’s alleged abuses of power.

 Cuomo has acknowledged that state employees helped with tasks including editing the manuscript. He’s claimed that those employees were “volunteering.”

That revelation led to members of the ethics commission voting 12-1  to rescind because of Mogul’s misstatements about Cuomo’s book deal, as the overwhelming majority agreed on a resolution that Cuomo violated the terms of their agreement.  Just a thought.