Cuomo set to receive $5.1 million for COVID-19 book

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to earn $5.1 million from his memoir about leading New York through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to information provided by his office on Monday. Cuomo received $3,120,000 in gross income from the book in 2020 and is set to be paid an additional $2 million over the next two years. 

Cuomo's book, "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic," was announced in August 2020 after he became a national figure for his blunt COVID-19 briefings early in the COVID-19 crisis when New York was the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. According to Cuomo's office, the governor received $1,537,508 after taxes from the book in 2020. About one-third of that was donated to the United Way, while the rest is going to his daughters.