ALBANY – Taxpayers are off the hook for more than $700,000 in legal bills for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s close confidant Melissa DeRosa, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Albany County Supreme Court Judge Danielle Jose-Decker slapped down DeRosa and her high-powered legal team’s attempt to reverse a decision by the state comptroller’s office’s not to reimburse her for the fees, which were racked up after she was dismissed from a sexual harassment case against her and Cuomo by an anonymous state trooper.

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“Any argument that the dismissal could have been reversed in the future and they therefore had to continue representing is speculative and remote,” Jose-Decker wrote in her ruling.

Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello has been paid just over $1 million to represent DeRosa in the Trooper 1 lawsuit, and those of Cuomo’s various investigations and ongoing legal battles have cost taxpayers more than $60 million overall.

“As a direct result of the Attorney General’s fatally flawed report, a public servant was sued baselessly and dragged through litigation for years — Ms. DeRosa was rightly dismissed from Trooper #1’s blatant attempt at a money grab, but the Court’s decision is not consistent with the law or past precedent,” DeRosa’s attorney, Catherine Foti, wrote in a statement to The Post.

“We look forward to this decision being overturned on appeal,” she added.

DeRosa was dismissed from the federal sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by “Trooper 1” against Cuomo, DeRosa and Azzopardi that claimed they used their power in the governor’s office to retaliate against her for coming out about sexual harassment claims made against the former governor as he clung to power in 2021.

While a judge dismissed the claims against DeRosa in September 2023, her team was still required to respond to developments in the case including a motion to reconsider the charges against — which was also dismissed in April 2025.

But state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office later determined that DeRosa was not entitled to reimbursement of her legal fees after she was removed from the case in September 2023.

The comptroller alleged that the reimbursements were being requested for a substantial amount of legal work involving discovery in the case, such as 10 depositions.

The comptroller’s office declined to comment.

DeRosa is a longtime aide to Cuomo, having served as secretary to the governor while he was in office.