Cuomo’s ‘COVID Czar’ resigns after losing exception to ethics law – IOTW Report

Cuomo’s ‘COVID Czar’ resigns after losing exception to ethics law

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Larry Schwartz resigned after New York state stopped allowing COVID advisors to be labelled as “volunteers”, meaning Schwartz would be subject to ethics laws.

Larry Schwartz commonly referred to as the “COVID Czar” of New York is the latest Cuomo staffer to resign because of a change in ethics laws. While other staffers have resigned because of the scandal around the long-term care home death count cover-up or because of the numerous sexual assault allegations, Schwartz will resign after losing his “volunteer” status in the Governors office.

Previously, advisors and staffers working specifically on the COVID-19 pandemic were labelled as “volunteers” and were except from certain ethics laws that require financial disclosure and anti-lobbying provisions. read more

5 Comments on Cuomo’s ‘COVID Czar’ resigns after losing exception to ethics law

  1. The article:

    [Schwartz was exempt] from certain ethics laws that require financial disclosure and anti-lobbying provisions.

    Schwartz’s specific concern is the 2-year lobbying ban that he would have to submit to under the new ethics law that might affect his work in private industry according to The New York Times. Schwartz is the chief strategy officer at OTG, an airport concession company.

    Is there any reason NOT to think the NYT is full of crap?

    IMO, Schwart’s “specific concern” is the financial disclosure of the money he’s made investing in companies he knew would benefit from the Wuhan Virus, ones he knew in advance would have significant stock price boosts.

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