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Cuomo stripped of his Emmy award

Aug 24, 2021 12:55 pm

The Times Union reports that Andrew Cuomo quit his job as governor as of Aug. 24, and lost his Emmy award. The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences stripped Cuomo of the special Emmy award he received last year for his daily COVID-19 briefings."His name and any reference to his receiving the award will be eliminated from International Academy materials going forward," the organization stated, citing his serial sexual harassment. Last November, the academy announced the award because, "The Governor’s 111 daily briefings worked so well because he effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure,” the Academy's President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner said last year. Read more about this story in the Times Union.