Governor Northam Syndrome. Trying to run out the news cycle. He has a pretty good chance of doing it too. Not excellent, but good nevertheless. Most New Yorkers don’t want Andrew Cuomo to resign — yet, poll shows https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/most-new-yorkers-dont-want-andrew-cuomo-to-resign-yet-poll/
Cuomo should resign if allegations confirmed: Biden in exclusive ABC News interview The president said he thought Andrew Cuomo could "end up being prosecuted." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cuo...ed-biden-exclusive-abc-news/story?id=76499093
Cuomo aides sent out an open letter that attacked accuser Lindsey Boylan after she came forward with assault allegations: NYT report https://www.businessinsider.com/cuo...tacking-lindsey-boylan-to-former-aides-2021-3 Cuomo aides sent a letter to attack Lindsey Boylan's credibility, The New York Times reported. The letter was sent to former staffers after Boylan accused the governor of misconduct in December. Sources say Cuomo was aware of the letter and took part in at least one draft. People tied to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sent around a letter attacking Lindsey Boylan after she came forward with sexual assault allegations in December, The New York Times reported. Aides reportedly tried to get former staffers, especially women, to sign on to the open letter, which said that Boylan was making the allegations for political gain. "Weaponizing a claim of sexual harassment for personal political gain or to achieve notoriety cannot be tolerated," the letter said. "False claims demean the veracity of credible claims." The letter, which was never published but reviewed by the Times, tried to link Boyland to former President Donald Trump's followers and released personal complaints made against her. She was the first of six women who have accused Cuomo of inappropriate behavior. Boylan first recounted the alleged harassment in a Twitter thread in December and in February in a Medium blog post, saying Cuomo made unwanted sexual advances toward her. She resigned in 2018 after the governor kissed her on the lips without her consent. The Times added that there were multiple drafts of the letter, with one source telling the outlet that Cuomo himself had a hand in its creation. The letter came at a time when officials in Cuomo's office knew of another sexual harassment report, one made by Charlotte Bennett six months earlier. Bennett would become the second woman to publically accuse the governor of misconduct. She claimed he asked her inappropriate questions and also made unwanted sexual advances toward her. Cuomo has previously said he never inappropriately touched anyone but apologized for making anyone uncomfortable. Lawmakers including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York have called on Cuomo to resign in light of the allegations. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos that if an investigation supports the women's allegations, Cuomo should step down. "I think he'll probably end up being prosecuted, too," Biden said.
I have not watched that interview with George Stapholococcus. Did he ask Joe at the end if he was going to resign for sexually assaulting Tara Reade? Probably not.
In reality... the majority of the sexual harassment claims regarding Cuomo are so lightweight that in the corporate world an executive would only be reprimanded for his behavior from HR & Legal and told to stop it in the future; they would not be fired. At least two of the allegations against Cuomo appear to be very questionable including the woman claiming he groped her breast from the perspective there is no evidence (e.g. visitor logs, etc.) that they were in the same room as Cuomo on the day(s) they claimed the encounter occurred. If Cuomo is going to be impeached then it should be on the grounds of what he is actually (potentially) guilty of -- which is covering up the deaths of hundreds in nursing homes in order to improve his political image.
Since I did a full post on it the other day, I will not replay it but I made the case that this business of Cuomo appointing the AG to do an investigation and then getting everyone to line up with the script "that we need to wait for the results of the investigation" is complete and total bullshit. If he is doing that for any criminal charges, fine. Otherwise, the investigation is under the jurisdiction of the legislature when it comes to impeachment and they can use inside or outside resources as needed. Not Cuomo's dem buddies or anyone politically motivated or conflicted. Thus, I gleefully receive the news that they are appointing outside counsel to play a lead role. If the AG is any type of professional rather than just a political hack (doubtful) this should be good news for her too because it put her in a hell of a conflicted role. She is one of Cuomo's proteges. If the need to consider criminal charges arises they can similarly appoint an independent counsel, the usual retired judge routine or something. Whatever, I don't care. I just object to the bullshit of Cuomo controlling who is going to do the investigation in his own case and then telling people they need to back off while that happens. NO THEY FRIGGING DON'T. Outside Counsel Hired to Lead Cuomo Impeachment Investigation https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/c...hired-to-lead-cuomo-impeachment-investigation
He isn't going to resign. He took the Ralph Northam correspondence course on "How to Cling to Power".