Cuomos taxpayer-funded lawyers bankroll his mayoral campaign with fundraiser

Lawyers who’ve pocketed millions in taxpayer cash by defending ex-Gov.Andrew Cuomo and his associates against COVID-related and sexual harassment claims are hosting a fundraiser for his mayoral bid.The bash will take place Thursday at the Manhattan office of Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello, according to an invitation obtained by The Post and first reported by New York Focus.The law firm received $2.79 million for defending Cuomo and his staff in the executive chamber during probes into his administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rita Glavin and Theresa Trzaskoma — who are representing Cuomo in sexual harassment cases — are listed as co-hosts, along with Joseph Belluck, a trial lawyer who is a State University of New York board trustee.Glavin’s firm has been paid $5.68 million, while Trzaskoma’s firm, Sher Tremonte, has pocketed $6.4 million in taxpayer cash.The solicitation was sent to members of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, of which Belluck — who does not rep Cuomo — is vice president.Contributors are asked to give from $250 to a maximum of $2,100.Advocates with the #MeToo movement and Cuomo’s mayoral opponents slammed the fundraiser as outrageous.“I don’t think New York taxpayers are going to be any more thrilled that their hard-earned money is going to Andrew Cuomo’s campaign,” said Erica Vladimer, co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group established by former Albany legislative staffers.“This adds insult to injury to the women who continue to be harassed and retaliated against with his lawfare defense tactics,” she said of Cuomo.Karen Hinton, a former staffer who claimed Cuomo made unwanted sexual advances towards her in 2000 when he was the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, called the fundraiser “appalling.”“It’s the recycling of funds from the taxpayers to the lawyers and back to Andrew Cuomo.

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