#Letters to the Editor — March 6, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 6, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 6, 2021” The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s acknowledgment of sexual-harassment claims against him from three women. In his press conference where he addressed the sexual-harassment allegations, Gov. Cuomo seems to have adopted former President Bill Clinton’s “I never had sex with that woman” approach with his equally ill-advised statement (“ ‘I…

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#New York lawmakers voting to strip Cuomo’s COVID powers

#New York lawmakers voting to strip Cuomo’s COVID powers

“#New York lawmakers voting to strip Cuomo’s COVID powers” ALBANY— The Democratic-led New York state Legislature is expected to pass a measure today that will neuter Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency powers — granted last year to manage the coronavirus pandemic — in a bid to take back some control from a governor facing spiraling twin…

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#Cuomo office ignored rules to reroute sex-harass complaint: report

#Cuomo office ignored rules to reroute sex-harass complaint: report

“#Cuomo office ignored rules to reroute sex-harass complaint: report” Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s aides ignored his own executive order requiring formal investigations of sexual harassment complaints against state employees, when it came to a complaint against their boss, according to a report Thursday. Under terms of the order, a June complaint against Cuomo by then-executive assistant…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s insulting ‘bumbling man’ defense

#Andrew Cuomo’s insulting ‘bumbling man’ defense

“#Andrew Cuomo’s insulting ‘bumbling man’ defense” After eight days in his hidey-hole, three women having credibly accused him of sexual harassment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged wide-eyed and teary, hand splayed against heart, offering this line of defense: I had no idea. How insulting. How specious. Cynical to the point of camp. If only there was…

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#Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol pawns: Devine

#Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol pawns: Devine

“#Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol pawns: Devine” Have we really reached the point where National Guard soldiers in their third month of protecting the Capitol are poisoned with rotten food, worms and metal shavings and no one cares?  The contempt shown to these soldiers by their Washington, DC, masters is as sickening as the rancid slop they’ve…

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#Ex-prosecutor Bharara raps Cuomo over sex harass scandal

#Ex-prosecutor Bharara raps Cuomo over sex harass scandal

“#Ex-prosecutor Bharara raps Cuomo over sex harass scandal” Ex-federal prosecutor Preet Bharara rapped Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday for his handling of the growing sexual harassment scandal. “He’s not in the position he wants to be in,” Bharara said of Cuomo in a CNN interview. “He tried to pick the investigator. Then he tried to pick…

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#Why Andrew Cuomo is falling on all fronts

#Why Andrew Cuomo is falling on all fronts

“#Why Andrew Cuomo is falling on all fronts” Suddenly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s popularity and power are plummeting. But the fall has been building for months — and the sexual-harassment allegations that he’s so focused on handling (badly) are just the latest stick on the bonfire. Consider the Emerson College poll findings: Approval of his job performance…

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