Gov Cuomo’s bodyguard is banished to work as trooper on CANADIAN border after relationship with governor’s daughte
A FORMER bodyguard for Andrew Cuomo has been reassigned to a post near the Canadian border after the New York governor discovered he was dating his daughter, reports claim.
Dane Pfeiffer, a 35-year-old New York state trooper, reportedly met Cuomo‘s 25-year-old daughter Cara Kennedy-Cuomo while working as one of her dad’s security guard.
The pair began dating about seven months ago after she moved into the Executive Mansion in Albany due to the coronavirus pandemic, sources told the New York Post on Thursday.
Soon after, Cuomo reportedly found out about their relationship.
Because of Pfeiffer’s relationship with the governor’s daughter, he was ordered removed from her dad’s protective detail because of “the protocol of dignitary protection,” according to a law enforcement source familiar with the situation.
The trooper requested a “voluntary transfer” on May 24 to Troop B in northeastern New York, a state policeman told the newspaper.
That’s where Pfeiffer began his career after graduating from the State Police Academy in 2015, records obtained by the Post show.
“He was transferred to keep him away from the daughter because the governor didn’t like whatever they were doing,” said a source familiar with the matter.
But the distance failed to put a damper on their love, as Pfeiffer often visits the Executive Mansion to pick up Kennedy-Cuomo for dates – something her father apparently isn’t found of, a source said.
Pfeiffer’s actions weren’t considered misconduct and his transfer to a police station in Plattsburgh – about 160 miles north of Albany and about 25 miles from the Canadian border – didn’t go on his record as official discipline, according to sources.
A state spokesman claimed he requested the transfer “to gain more field experience to further his career advancement track to the rank of sergeant.”
“Such requests are routine, and it was granted,” added spokesman William “Beau” Duffy.
But records show he purchased a house in Saratoga Springs in 2018.
The drastic change in his commute is considered a type of informal torture that cops refer to as “highway therapy,” sources told the Post.
Since Cuomo “is limited in how much he can screw with him, so highway therapy is one of his few options,” a source said.
Cuomo’s alleged dislike for Pfeiffer contradicts the “advice to fathers” he gave during a press briefing in April when discussing family dinners amid the coronavirus lockdown that included his daughter Mariah’s boyfriend.
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“The answer on what you think of the boyfriend is always, ‘I like the boyfriend.’ Always,” he said.
But it seems like the governor is finally warming up to her daughter’s new man based on comments he made during a radio interview last week.
“Cara has been with me, she just did the [Law School Admission Test] and she’s going to do the [Graduate Management Admission Test],” Cuomo said. “She went to see a friend for a couple of days.”