Cuomo will keep $5 million in book cash after the appeals court ruled against the ethics board

The decision could likely be the end for the short-lived ethics panel, which was created in 2021 to replace the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE.

A New York appeals court has ruled that a state commission tasked with investigating ethical violations was created unconstitutionally, a ruling that could strip the watchdog agency of its enforcement powers.