ALBANY – Despite standing with the government earlier this week, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the head of state Senate, Andrew Cuomo, repeated calls for his resignation on Friday, when the governor accused him of playing politics Was.
Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester), standing next to Quomo, thanked him repeatedly Wednesday in a vaccine-related event in his district, which severely criticized the top Democrat because he had already called him to step down Was headed. Amid numerous allegations of sexual harassment, including several former employees.
But just two days later, on Friday, Cuomo calls her to step down as “political”.
“You appeared with the Senate Majority Leader for the first time this week, ever since he has called for your resignation … how it has affected your working relationship and how you interact with other officials, who will lead you to step down. Call for? ” Through the zoom, Kate Lisa, a Statehouse reporter for Johnson News Corp, was asked, as members of the press are personally barred from attending Cuomo’s latest briefing.
“Yes it is not. You know, people take political positions every day, ”the governor said.
“We often have different political positions, I think. But we separate political positions, and our official duty. right?”
The Cuomo administration has also been charged in an investigation initiated by state Attorney General Letitia James – a Democrat – as “political”, with a top aide investigating James as a platform to seek high office Accusing of using.
Democratic State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has also been slammed by the administration for playing politics after Cuomo came out in support of the AG’s investigation into the controversial, million-dollar book deal.
Both confirmed that they were simply doing the work they had chosen to do.
When asked to respond on Friday, an avid Stewart-cousin said: “This is not about politics and is offensive to suggest.”
“The governor should resign,” she doubled in a Post statement.
Most Senate leaders are not just politicians or prominent New York officials who, after joining the governor in recent weeks, broke into reports that they were being investigated by the state Attorney General’s office and the state legislature after allegations of sexual harassment , He alleges that his administration deliberately used state resources and staff to work on his latest book, “American Crisis”, between COVID-19-related deaths and ambiguous data nursing home patients and charges.
On Thursday, Long Island politicians Sen. Todd Kaminski (D-Nassau) and Assemblyman Judy Griffin (D-Rockville Center) Joined cuomo Earth Day ribbon cutting. Both have called for him to step down.
Other leaders who have appeared with the governor include the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People Hazel Dukes, former assemblyman and president of Manhattan Democrats Keith Wright, as well as the longtime president of the powerful former Reps Charles Ranell’s New York Chapter.
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