This timeline entry was retroactively added on 22 November 2021, based on the findings of the New York State Assembly's impeachment probe report.
- Impeachment Investigation Report to Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Lavine and the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee
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The following excerpt confirms the amount of writing generated by Andrew M. Cuomo utilizing state goverment employees and resources since 19 March 2020, when Andrew M. Cuomo's literary agent was first approached about the prospect of a book deal related to Cuomo's leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. "PRH" refers to the publisher Penguin Random House.
On July 1, 2020, the literary agent told a PRH representative that then-Governor Cuomo had been writing a book about his experiences during the first six months of the pandemic and his actions as Governor to respond to the crisis. The literary agent represented that the then-Governor already had 70,000 words written and that the book would contain leadership lessons for times of crisis, as well as details on interactions with members of the federal government, including the White House. The primary topic of the Book was the COVID-19 pandemic and New York State’s response.
Several days later, an auction process would be held to determine who might publish the soon-to-be-finished book and how much Cuomo would be personally compensated.
