Readers sound off on a Cuomo victim’s payout, stopping pipelines and mistreating animals

Readers sound off on a Cuomo victim’s payout, stopping pipelines and mistreating animals

Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for Cuomo’s harassment Stamford, Conn.: New York State’s payment of $450,000 to settle Brittany Commisso’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Andrew Cuomo should offend every New York taxpayer. New York Public Officers Law Sec. 17 generally requires the state to defend and indemnify public employees if they are sued for acts that are within the scope of their employment. But, under that same law, intentional acts of wrongd…