A NY Post guy ask’s an interesting question…..
Andrew Cuomo ‘says he’s gonna step down….
Will he?
He’s already said out loud he thinks he could beat an impeachment try…
The Lt. Governor Hochul is all over the media talking about what she wants to do….
And?
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo seems to be back at work with the media diverted from focusing on him…
Hmmmm?
On Monday, Andrew Cuomo announced all health care workers in the state of New York must be vaccinated by Sept. 27.
The announcement came six days after Cuomo announced he was resigning as governor, and eight days before he said he would depart the governorship.
Smack dab in the middle of packing, he simply imposed a mandate on 450,000 people that will take effect a month after his departure from the governor’s mansion. Cuomo is the lamest duck in the history of lame ducks. But he ain’t acting like one.
As a moral matter, the guy has no business making unilateral rules that are to take effect 32 days after he’s gone. But then, the guy really had no business unilaterally deciding he was going to remain governor for two weeks after his resignation.
Robert Bentley, who resigned as governor of Alabama in 2017 as part of a deal to avoid charges, was out the minute he made his announcement. Eric Greitens, who resigned as governor of Missouri in 2018 in the midst of a scandal, quit on a Tuesday and was out by Friday.
Not our Andrew. He gave the state two weeks’ notice, like he was our cleaning lady.
Or did he?
Has anyone seen a formal resignation letter from Cuomo with a signature at the bottom? Surely such a formal document is legally necessary, given the nature of the powers Cuomo holds as chief executive of the state of New York. He must forswear his office as a matter of functional law so that it can be vacated before his successor, Kathy Hochul, is sworn in.
His resignation is supposed to take effect in eight days.
Where is the letter?….
image…AP Photo/Seth Wenig
The Hon. David Paterson himself brought this up. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/08/12/paterson-cuomos-14-day-transition-is-suspicious-1389850
Yup
And he can’t see…..
I’d even forgotten that Eliot Spitzer was ever Governor.
Perhaps, A. Cuomo will slip down the same memory hole.
Nope ……
Not with his Dad and Brother
He could get a job as a political talking head at MSNBC or at CNN?
Imagine THAT??????
He could be the ‘One Lucky Guy’ on Fox News’ “Outnumbered.”
Spitzer before him had a show on CNN, in Primetime no less(he was the direct predecessor to John King’s old show).
So, what was Eliot Spitzer’s greatest achievement as Governor of the Empire State ?
Prior to being Governor, he was the state AG, where he was right infamous for his toughness on Wall Street criminals. Made him a lot of enemies, though it didn’t stop him from routing future Congressman John Faso after 12 years of Republican rule in Governor George Pataki. Spitzer’s short tenure as Governor was fairly unremarkable, his approvals fairly low even before his scandals broke.
THREE NY AG’s became Governor…..
Martin Van Buren, Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo.
Martin Van Buren did rather better afterwards than the other two.
Another A-G of NY State, Jacob Javits, became a U.S. Senator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_York#New_York_State_(1777%E2%80%93present)
Moving trucks spotted outside the NY Governor’s mansion in Albany…..
Cuomo Won’t Run for Office Again
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) “has no interest in running for office again,” his aide said Monday as the embattled Democratic leader prepared to step down from his job of 10 years amid a sexual harassment scandal, CNBC reports.
(Get’s rid of some worries for Democrats ….For NOW)…..
Hmmm???????
Update
It appears several people read the linked post above and nudged Cuomo to ‘put his departire in writing’……
Disgraced Gov. Cuomo, set to leave office next week amid sexual harassment allegations, officially filed for retirement Tuesday, representatives for Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli confirmed.
According to DiNapoli’s office, Cuomo’s date of retirement will be recorded as Sept. 1 since applications must be on file for at least 15 days.…
NY Daily News….
( This extends Cuomo’s time in office past what he originally gave…..)
Breaking…..
At this time?
The Governor of the State of New York is is its first woman…..
Kathy Hochul….
Andrew Cuomo is now a private citizen