“In order to lead this great state as governor, you need to have credibility and trust,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said on Monday in a press briefing. “Unfortunately, we feel the governor has lost that and now has lost the ability to lead. We’re introducing this (resolution) because the …
Read More »Live by the sword, die by #MeToo: If we’re judging Andrew Cuomo by his own standards, he must resign as New York’s governor
What Cuomo posted on Twitter on September 17, 2018 was pretty ironic. After finding himself in a similar situation, the same person who demanded a delay in the confirmation vote for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is now stating that he won’t resign. Many women have come forward with …
Read More »New York State legislative leaders say Cuomo ‘MUST RESIGN’ after embattled governor brands such demands ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’
New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who like Cuomo is a Democrat, said Sunday that with new accusers of Cuomo stepping forward seemingly every day and the governor embroiled in multiple scandals, focus is being drawn away from the business of government. “We need to govern without daily distraction,” …
Read More »TWO MORE former aides accuse New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct
Ana Liss, 35, who served as Cuomo’s policy and operations aide between 2013 and 2015, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he once “touched her on her lower back at a reception” and “once kissed her hand when she rose from her desk,” making her feel uncomfortable. In …
Read More »‘It’s the Cuomo way’: MORE aides describe ‘cult’ workplace as top NY Democrat says governor should quit if new accusers speak out
“There’s no right or wrong way. It’s the Cuomo way,” one staffer told the Gothamist about a warning she received when interviewing for a job in the Cuomo administration. “He wants people who are literally going to fall on the sword for him, and they all will.” Another described being …
Read More »Aides to New York Gov. Cuomo hid Covid-19 nursing home deaths from public – media reports
The New York State Health Department made drastic changes to a July report which examined how the virus spread through the state’s nursing homes, after an intervention from the governor’s aides, according to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Citing documents and officials familiar with the matter, …
Read More »New York Gov. Cuomo refuses to resign despite harassment scandals, claims he ‘never touched anyone inappropriately’
During a Wednesday press conference, Cuomo turned from talking about vaccine distribution in New York to addressing the allegations of unwanted touching and harassment from multiple women that have led some to say he should step down from the governorship. “I now understand that I acted in a way that …
Read More »New York Democrats reach ‘informal agreement’ on limiting Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers in wake of nursing home scandal – reports
Democrats, who have supermajorities in both the New York Assembly and the state Senate, reached an “informal agreement” on a bill that would strip Cuomo of the powers he was granted last year to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday citing Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy of Albany. Any …
Read More »‘This is why Americans don’t trust media’: CNN’s Cuomo ripped for claiming he ‘obviously’ can’t cover brother’s scandals
Promising to “shoot straight” with his audience, Cuomo finally acknowledged the numerous scandals plaguing his brother Andrew Cuomo’s administration on Monday evening. “Obviously I am aware of what’s going on with my brother,” he said. “And obviously I can’t cover it because he is my brother.” Cuomo promised his network …
Read More »Cuomo accused of ‘gaslighting’ after he rejects sexual harassment allegations as ‘jokes’ & ‘being playful’
A day after emphatically denying any improper conduct towards his second accuser, former aide Charlotte Bennet, Cuomo appeared to make a U-turn on Sunday, admitting that some of his “jokes” might have come across the wrong way. In a lengthy statement, the embattled governor said that he “now understands” that …
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