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Brad Lander: “Yesterday it was revealed that in order to get in front of a…”

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 02:25

… on, like the housing crisis, like public safety, like our kids in our schools, like getting ready for the mess that is coming at us because of Donald Trump. And Yesterday it was revealed that in order to get in front of a bill in Albany that's aimed at preventing sexual harassers from going after their victims, Cuomo filed new court papers Friday evening threatening a defamation suit against Charlotte Bennett. And he has not yet revealed whether the legal expenses for that new suit, which are going to the same firm that the state's already paid to defend him, will be paid that he'll pay for them him. (02:25–02:34)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo filed court papers threatening a defamation suit against Charlotte Bennett.

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