New York Daily News

Anti-Andy banner to fly over Albany

- Tim Balk

Gov. Cuomo’s hold on power appears to be up in the air.

For two hours on Wednesday, a plane will fly a banner declaring “New Yorkers Say: Cuomo’s Got to Go!” over the state Capitol, a trio of gender equity groups said.

The planned flyover in the Albany skies takes aim at the scandal-plagued governor after a series of women accused him of sexual harassment and inappropri­ate conduct, and as his office reels from accusation­s that he fostered a toxic work environmen­t.

“Sexual harassment should not be tolerated in any workplace, let alone by the administra­tion of the governor of New York,” Shaunna Thomas, executive director of UltraViole­t, said in a statement. “These women are putting everything on the line in the hopes that their abuser will be held accountabl­e. We believe them.”

UltraViole­t joined Women’s March, a national organizati­on, and the Brooklyn-based Girls for Gender Equity in the roughly weeklong planning of the flight. The groups said the flyover will take place between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Cuomo, 63, has watched his political support shrink amid the drumbeat of allegation­s, and U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have both called on their fellow Democrat to resign.

Still, a Siena College poll released Monday signaled that many New Yorkers are not ready to give the governor the boot: 50% of voters said the embattled leader should not immediatel­y resign.

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