#Letters to the Editor — March 3, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 3, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 3, 2021” The Issue: The three women who have come forward accusing Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment. The dominoes are falling, and Gov. Cuomo’s “I was joking” excuse is a lame, last-ditch response (“Hey, I’m a funny guy,” March 1). No matter your profession, these days nearly everyone sits…

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#Cuomo’s blame-the-victim ‘apology’ for his off-color comments

#Cuomo’s blame-the-victim ‘apology’ for his off-color comments

“#Cuomo’s blame-the-victim ‘apology’ for his off-color comments” Under pressure, Gov. Cuomo on Sunday issued what he hoped folks would see as an “apology” following sexual-harassment charges against him: He’s “sorry” his accusers “misinterpreted” his comments. Does he really think New Yorkers are that stupid? That apology blames the victims: “I never intended to offend anyone,”…

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#John Oliver roasts Cuomo amid nursing home, sex harass scandals

#John Oliver roasts Cuomo amid nursing home, sex harass scandals

“#John Oliver roasts Cuomo amid nursing home, sex harass scandals” HBO funnyman John Oliver roasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo during Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight,” going after the scandal-scarred governor’s manipulation of facts on coronavirus nursing home deaths and “glee in his public adulation” amid the pandemic. The “Daily Show” alum lit up Cuomo as…

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#Gov. Cuomo is on the verge of being done for good

#Gov. Cuomo is on the verge of being done for good

“#Gov. Cuomo is on the verge of being done for good” Andrew’s in the soup, that’s for sure. Wrap your head around this: The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Cuomo took time out from coronavirus hot-dogging last June to offer tattoo-placement advice to a just-turned-25-year-old female aide of no particular expertise during a…

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#Carl Heastie is doing his best to cover for Andrew Cuomo

#Carl Heastie is doing his best to cover for Andrew Cuomo

“#Carl Heastie is doing his best to cover for Andrew Cuomo” Growing scandals have the walls closing in around Gov. Cuomo, but his buddy Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie still has the gov’s back. Even after Cuomo’s mishandling of COVID in nursing- and long-term-care homes, his coverup of total fatalities and sexual-harassment allegations leveled by two…

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#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills

#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills

“#New York Assembly releases package of nursing home reform bills” The Democratic-led New York state Assembly released a package of nearly 20 nursing home accountability bills Friday, aimed at tightening restrictions on the hundreds of for-profit facilities. Among the 19 bills is one sponsored by Assembly Health Chair Dick Gottfried (D-Manhattan) that would prohibit the…

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#Finally, the bully Gov. Cuomo has been exposed: Devine

#Finally, the bully Gov. Cuomo has been exposed: Devine

“#Finally, the bully Gov. Cuomo has been exposed: Devine” Tough contest, but Mayor Putz, Bill de Blasio, is more popular in New York these days than the Granny Killer, Gov. Cuomo. “People would tend to like a bungling idiot more than a homicidal maniac” is how “Bernie and Sid” put it yesterday on their top-rated…

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#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers

#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers

“#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers” Democrats who run the state Assembly privately huddled Wednesday to craft a plan to remove the emergency powers given to Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year to address the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes amid outrage over Cuomo’s COVID-19 nursing home scandal, which included undercounting deaths of residents…

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