Cuomo hits the skids when it comes to favorability among NYers, with Mayor Adams not far behind: poll The ex-gov suffered from the worst favorability rate among state voters out of 32 political figures in a Slingshot Strategies poll conducted and released this week. 05/10/2024 - 10:40 am | View Link
Cuomo can keep $5M payment for pandemic book after latest court win Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo won another court ruling against New York's ethics panels in a battle over his $5M payment for a 2020 pandemic memoir. 05/10/2024 - 7:38 am | View Link
NYS court rules watchdog that pursued Cuomo for book money created unconstitutionally ALBANY — New York State’s embattled ethics commission was created unconstitutionally and has no power to force former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to forfeit the $5.1 million he received from his COVID-19 ... 05/9/2024 - 10:04 pm | View Link
Watchdog that pursued Cuomo for book money created unconstitutionally, NYS court rules A New York appeals court said a state panel tasked with probing ethical violations was created unconstitutionally. The ruling could strip the panel of its enforcement powers. 05/9/2024 - 2:14 pm | View Link
New York appeals court rules ethics watchdog that pursued Cuomo was created unconstitutionally ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A state commission that investigates ethical violations in New York was created unconstitutionally, an appeals court said Thursday in a ruling in favor of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ... 05/9/2024 - 7:32 am | View Link
The Netflix Tom Brady roast divided viewers. "The point of the comedy too often was Gisele Bundchen or Bridget Moynahan," says The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins. "That was just stupid and cruel and pointless." On the other hand, "Peyton Manning basically saying to Tom Brady, 'Talking smack about Tom Brady in our house is called 'Thanksgiving.' - That was funny."
"If Donald trump doesn't take the stand and i don't think he will," says CNN's Elie Honig, "It's not for the jury to say, well, who do I believe more? It's for the jury to say has the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt." And if the jury concludes both Michael Cohen and Donald Trump are "big fat liars.
"We're not as divided as you've been led to believe," says CNN's Michael Smerconish, in a speech to 2024 graduates. "It's time for a national coming together. We have to surrender our superficial differences and re-establish social and economic connectedness. Go forth and mingle."
"There's only one solution" to the Israel-Hamas conflict, says Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times. "Two states for two indigenous people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. And if you're not for that, if you're not for ending the violence and for hostage release, if you're only condemning one side and not the other, you're not morally serious."
The Israeli Prime Minister "is ready to use America, ready to use Biden to secure sure what is his top priority - the political survival of Benjamin Netanyahu," says the New York Times' Thomas L. Friedman, "Israel's national interest is to have a Palestinian partner, and Netanyahu refuses to do that."