Exclusive | Andrew Cuomo hit with ethics complaint for failing to disclose $2.6M in nuclear stock options

Former Gov.Andrew Cuomo has been hit with an ethics complaint for failing to disclose his more than $2.6 million worth of stock options in an advanced nuclear technology company before launching his mayoral campaign.The conservative watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is demanding that the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board investigate Cuomo to determine “if he intentionally violated New York City’s disclosure laws and enforce any appropriate penalties.”“One of the most basic and fundamental ethics laws applicable to candidates and elected officials requires them to publicly disclose their financial interests,” FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold wrote in a Monday letter to the COIB obtained by The Post.“Unfortunately, it is this essential law that appears to have been violated by mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo when he failed to fully disclose his financial interest in a company named Nano Nuclear Energy.”Cuomo’s team amended his disclosure forms to detail the stock options on the same day a May 2 Politico report shed light on the previously undisclosed holdings in Nano Nuclear Energy, which touts its status as the first publicly listed nuclear microreactor company in the US.“The goal of the City’s Annual Disclosure Law is to have accurate and complete reporting by filers,” Carolyn Miller, executive director of the COIB, told The Post in response to questions about how the panel handles situations where candidates make amendments after media reporting.“Amendments to annual disclosure reports to increase their accuracy and completeness are encouraged by the Conflicts of Interest Board.”Cuomo’s spokesman, Rich Azzopardi, slammed the ethics complaint as a political hit job, noting that the campaign filed amended disclosure forms that divulged the stock options.“These craven right wing nut jobs look stupid and should have done their due diligence before trying to grab a cheap headline,” Azzopardi railed.“Th...