Cuomo announced his resignation at noon on Tuesday. It will go into effect in two weeks. He will be replaced by Lieutenant-governor Kathy Hochul, 62, a fellow Democrat and former member of Congress. “The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back …
Read More »New York Governor Cuomo’s closest adviser resigns amid sexual abuse scandal fallout
“Personally, the past two years have been emotionally and mentally trying. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented colleagues on behalf of our state,” DeRosa wrote in a brief statement on Sunday, without specifying the exact reasons she was quitting. As a secretary to …
Read More »‘Prankster’ Ohio police chief resigns after putting KKK sign on black officer’s desk (VIDEO)
Anthony Campo, who served for eight years as the chief of police for Sheffield Lake, Ohio, was captured on surveillance video as he approached the empty desk of his black subordinate with a piece of paper reading, “Ku Klux Klan.” The improvised KKK sign was then placed on the back …
Read More »UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigns after Covid rule-breaking kiss caught on camera
Hancock announced his resignation on Saturday, apologizing again for breaking social distancing rules, and to his family for “putting them through this.” “We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching …
Read More »Ex-BBC director Lord Hall resigns from National Gallery following bombshell Princess Diana inquiry
Lord Hall, who was the BBC’s director of news and current affairs when journalist Martin Bashir used fake documents to secure an interview with Princess Diana, apologised for his involvement on Saturday and said that staying at his National Gallery job in the wake of the controversy “would be a …
Read More »Texas Dem party leader resigns after facing backlash for referring to Republican Tim Scott as an ‘Oreo’
O’Connor, the Democratic Party chairman in Lamar County, Texas, admitted in a public statement on Tuesday to using a “racist term” and said he’d “embarrassed” himself and his political party. “I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of [the] racist term I used to describe …
Read More »Kamala’s turn: Biden’s border czar resigns soon after comments on ‘pay to stay’ scheme amid record surge of migrants
Jacobson “will retire from her role” at the end of April, national security advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Friday, explaining that she made a commitment to serve in the Biden administration’s first 100 days, and “underscored” their “commitment to reenergizing the US immigration system.” Sullivan explained that Vice President Kamala …
Read More »Nazi-saluting historian with far-right ties resigns as regional director of Polish institute tasked with probing Holocaust crimes
Tomasz Greniuch, a historian by training, has resigned his position as regional director of Poland’s influential Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). It came on Monday after weeks of pressure from politicians, activists and public figures, who saw him as an extremely inappropriate choice to hold the position given his past …
Read More »‘Only the strong will survive’: Texas city mayor resigns for lashing out at residents asking for help during deadly storm
“No one owes you are your family anything; nor is it the local government’s responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink of swim it’s your choice!” Boyd said in the now deleted post, which was riddled with grammatical errors. Unusually cold weather conditions in the state of …
Read More »‘I know this was terrible’: Deputy White House spokesman resigns after threatening to ‘destroy’ reporter
“No words can express my regret, my embarrassment, and my disgust for my behavior,” Ducklo wrote, as he announced his departure from the President Joe Biden administration on Saturday evening. Ducklo was suspended without pay on Friday after Vanity Fair revealed that he threatened Politico’s Tara Palmeri as he had …
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