Overview
- Cuomo secured a temporary restraining order in Albany County Supreme Court that pauses COELIG’s investigation into his $5 million COVID-era memoir.
- Both sides agreed to the order, which remains in effect while the judge considers a request for a preliminary injunction.
- Cuomo’s new lawsuit argues COELIG has violated his due process, free speech, and Seventh Amendment rights and repeated illegal conduct attributed to its predecessor JCOPE.
- Oral arguments are scheduled for April 30, 2026 before Judge Thomas Marcelle, who previously ruled for Cuomo in a decision later reversed.
- New York’s highest court upheld COELIG in a 4–3 ruling in February, and spokespeople for both Cuomo and the commission declined substantive comment as Cuomo’s team maintains staff worked on the book voluntarily.