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Brad Lander: “New York taxpayers have also had to shell out an additional…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Press Conference on Andrew Cuomo's Legal Expenses and New York Mayoral Race

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

In addition to suing Cuomo, she also sued the State of New York for failing to protect her. And on Friday, the state settled with Ms. Bennett for $450,000. Definitely. In addition to that, 60 million. And New York taxpayers have also had to shell out an additional $2.5 million more for the state's legal bills. So now the total count that New York taxpayers have had to shell out due to Andrew Cuomo's personal legal scandal stands at a whopping $63 million. That's right. (01:13–01:22)

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Asserts that New York taxpayers paid an additional $2.5 million for state legal bills related to Cuomo.

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