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WHAT’S REALLY BEHIND THE EFFORT TO REMOVE CUOMO?

This article was provided by Judge John H. Wilson, (ret.) who served on the bench in New York State

Recently, a series of allegations have been made against New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo.  According to CNBC, “Multiple women, including three former aides, say Cuomo sexually harassed them, while a fourth woman, who currently works for Cuomo, reportedly has told supervisors that he aggressively groped her under her blouse in the governor’s mansion.  Other women have said he touched them and spoke to them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable.”

As a result of these allegations, “(a) majority of Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York districts…called on Cuomo to resign.  Those calls came a day after nearly 60 Democratic members of the state legislature demanded the governor quit, and after the Democratic Assembly speaker authorized an impeachment investigation into Cuomo’s conduct toward women and a cover-up of data related to Covid nursing home deaths.”

To date, the Governor has rejected these calls to resign his office.  “’I’m not going to resign,’ Cuomo said. ‘I was not elected by the politicians, I was elected by the people.’” 

Whether Cuomo resigns, or is impeached, or decides not to run again in 2022, or loses to a primary challenger, the end result will surely be the same – Andrew Cuomo is not long for the office of Governor.

This is a stunning reversal of fortune for Governor Cuomo.  In November of 2020, Cuomo’s Pandemic update news conferences were so well regarded, he received an Emmy Award.  As reported by Fox News, “Cuomo received the Founders Award ‘in recognition of his leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic and his masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world’ at the International Emmy Awards ceremony on Nov. 23, and liberal celebrities like Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, and Robert de Niro heaped praise upon him in a pre-recorded video.  The briefings ‘gave us hope, gave us clarity, gave us the truth, and gave us something we were not getting from Washington: leadership,’ comedian Billy Crystal said. ‘You are the epitome of New York tough.’” 

Capitalizing on that “New York tough” image, Governor Cuomo also wrote a book – American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Described by Barnes and Noble as a “New York Times Bestseller,” “Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward.” 

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Since the onslaught of allegations against Cuomo, according to the New York Times, “(t)he publisher of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s book on his leadership during the pandemic said it had stopped promoting the title…(s)ales of the book…had already slowed severely as the governor found himself embroiled in overlapping crises of his own making, including a drumbeat of accusations about his inappropriate behavior toward younger women and his aides’ manipulation of nursing home data. Gillian Blake of Crown Publishing Group said…there were ‘no plans’ to reprint Mr. Cuomo’s book or to reissue it in paperback…” 

Further, “as the governor’s reputation begins to crumble and his COVID-19 response is accused of including manipulating data to conceal tragic deaths, some are calling for Cuomo to be stripped of the entertainment honor. Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden said that accusations against the embattled governor should show the Emmy organization he no longer deserves the honor…(l)osing the Founders Award amid controversy is not without precedent. Actor Kevin Spacey was stripped of the honor in 2017 after being accused of trying to seduce actor Anthony Rapp.” 

This fall from grace is remarkable, particularly when one considers the adulation Cuomo once received not so very long ago.  In May of 2020, the aptly named Kristine Looney wrote an article titled “Why Cuomo will be President in 2024,” fawning uncontrollably over her idol with statements like this; “Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has been our messiah of governance, our guiding light…The foundation of leadership is built upon integrity, clarity, composure, guidance, action, inclusivity and reassurance. As this foundation is so desperately lacking in the (Trump) White House, Andrew Cuomo has provided some much-needed relief…Citizens across the nation have spread their adoration via social media and insist Cuomo begin campaigning for a 2020 presidency.”   

10 months later?  “Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who represent New York in the U.S. Senate, have called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign as he faces multiple sexual harassment allegations and a scandal stemming from his handling of the Covid-19 crisis.  Schumer and Gillibrand, both Democrats, are the most prominent officials yet to call for Cuomo’s resignation. Their statement added further momentum to a growing tide of Cuomo’s fellow Democrats urging him to leave office.” 

The report concludes tomorrow

Photo: Corona virus (NY State website)