Analysis: Cuomo sex harassment scandal is pushing out other issues at precarious moment By Tom Precious News Albany Bureau Chief Mar 3, 2021 Mar 3, 2021 Updated May 28, 2026 0 Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Mark Mulville/News file photo Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Tom Precious News Albany Bureau Chief ALBANY – More than 6,500 New Yorkers on average each day this week were still testing positive for Covid-19.kAms@K6?D 6G6CJ 52J 2C6 5J:?8 7C@> E96 G:CFD[ 2?5 E9:D H66< >@C6 E92? d[___ r@G:5\`h A2E:6?ED H6C6 :? 9@DA:E2=D DE2E6H:56]k^AmkAm!6@A=6 2C6 92G:?8 E@ EC2G6= =@?8 5:DE2?46D[ DE:==[ E@ 86E 2 r@G:5\`h G244:?6 :? 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Opposition mounts against Cuomo in face of harassment allegations New York's challenges of confronting Covid-19 and an approaching budget deadline took second place to the political crisis ensnaring the governor.
Long a #MeToo movement champion, Hochul stays largely silent on Cuomo Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul of Buffalo has had very little to say about the sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
Analysis: Democrats now turning on weakened Cuomo "The most powerful figure in New York politics suddenly finds himself lonely at the top," writes Robert J. McCarthy.
Robert J. McCarthy: Gov. Cuomo’s terrible, awful, very bad week The governor usually dominates any room he enters by the sheer force of his persona – even without the trappings of his office, McCarthy says.
Should Cuomo resign now? WNY's Democratic lawmakers check in Where do Western New York Democrats in power in Albany stand on whether Cuomo should resign now? In public statements and in response to quest…
James names two NY lawyers to lead Cuomo probe In a statement, James called the two lawyers "independent legal experts who have decades of experience conducting investigations and fighting …
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