27 January 2023: NY State Taxpayers to Pay for Andrew M. Cuomo's Legal Defense in Sex Harassment Lawsuit

In a not-so-shocking development, Andrew M. Cuomo will receive yet another perk New York state officials gift to themselves: New York state taxpayers will pay for the cost of his legal defense related to the civil trial in the sex harassment suit involving "State Trooper #1". Note the very low standard required to receive such a benefit in the excerpt below:

Taxpayers must shoulder the cost of defending former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing a state trooper, a judge ruled Friday.

The former three-term Democrat sued New York Attorney General Letitia James in August to overturn her office’s refusal to cover him in a Brooklyn federal lawsuit alleging he made suggestive comments and inappropriately touched a state trooper on her stomach and back.

The former governor claimed the sex harassment accusations were made while he was governor — entitling him to a state-funded defense.

Must be nice to be employed by New York's state government.