Gov. Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 book deal will net him over $5 million

• Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to earn $5.12 million from his book on New York's COVID-19 response.
• His book - about his approach to tackling the pandemic - was released in October 2020.
• Cuomo has been dogged by allegations he covered up COVID-19 deaths in state nursing homes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will net $5.12 million for his recent book about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to tax documents released by his office on Monday.

Cuomo's office said that Governor will make $2 million of income from the book - "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" - over the next two years, and that he made a total of $3.12 million from the book this year.

According to the tax returns, Cuomo's net income from the book was $1.54 million in 2020. Cuomo's office said the Governor contributed $500,000 to the United Way and $1 million into a trust for his daughters.

Cuomo's book was released in October 2020, while the state continued to grapple with the pandemic and as Cuomo faced allegations of covering up COVID-19 deaths in the state's nursing homes at the height of the crisis.

Among investigations into sexual assault allegations and into the nursing home deaths, Cuomo is also facing an investigation into whether he used state resources to produce the book. Cuomo's team has denied allegations that state staff were used to work on the book.