When it comes to resignations, Cuomo should practice what he preaches
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the good and the bad parts of how Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration have handled parts of the pandemic response.
The last time I wrote about the governor, the only “scandal” that he was involved in was the undercounting of coronavirus-related nursing home deaths, which is still alarming. However, since then, the governor has been accused by several women of sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviors.
One female did come out late last year with her allegations against the governor, but recently more women have come forward and shared their stories and experiences working in the governor’s administration.
From what these women have said about Cuomo and senior members of his staff, it seems like more and more people are veering away from supporting Cuomo and we are
Before a full investigation was done on former State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman concerning public allegations of assault, Cuomo issued a statement that Schneiderman should resign.
now saying people on both sides of the political aisle in the State Legislature call for the governor to resign.
After trying to pick his own investigator, Cuomo did eventually agree to let New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office lead the investigation.
James on Monday appointed a former federal prosecutor and an employment lawyer to investigate allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed female aides.
Joon Kim, who was the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York for parts of 2017 and 2018, will join the employment lawyer Anne Clark, in conducting the probe, the attorney general’s office said.
The allegations against Cuomo really do make you shake your head and are eyeopening, however, I do believe that everyone is entitled to being “innocent until proven guilty.” And that’s exactly what the governor and his supporters are preaching right now.
But the ironic part of the governor saying that he won’t resign and to let James’ office investigate the allegations is that the governor did not preach that when other elected officials were accused of various things in the recent past.
Before a full investigation was done on former State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman concerning public allegations of assault, Cuomo issued a statement that Schneiderman should resign.
Cuomo also did the same thing when former Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse was accused of domestic violence and before an investigation was ever completed, Cuomo and many others were calling for Morse to resign.
According to the investigations, Morse was never found guilty of any domestic violence allegations and was never charged based on those exact allegations.
If Cuomo had not publicly come out and called on elected officials like Schneiderman and Morse to resign before a full investigation was completed then why is he allowed to preach that for himself now?
For the good of the state, I hope that the investigation being done on Cuomo is handled in the right manner and is completed as quickly as possible, but in a thorough way.