{"id":389801,"date":"2022-01-05T06:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kathy-hochul-can-be-the-the-cure-for-cuomicron-goodwin\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:37:34","slug":"kathy-hochul-can-be-the-the-cure-for-cuomicron-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kathy-hochul-can-be-the-the-cure-for-cuomicron-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kathy Hochul can be the the cure for Cuomicron: Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Kathy Hochul can be the the cure for Cuomicron: Goodwin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After a year that saw his stunning downfall in disgrace, Andrew Cuomo is suddenly on a winning streak of sorts. District attorneys in two counties have announced they will not prosecute the former governor for sexual harassment and a third says he will not pursue charges over Cuomo\u2019s withholding of the true number of nursing-home deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decisions by prosecutors in Westchester and Albany counties were not entirely surprising because sexual-harassment cases are difficult to prove and are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly settled by civil suits, as these no doubt will be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Manhattan DA not to prosecute on the nursing-home lies was also not surprising, but for a very different reason. The outgoing DA, Cyrus Vance, spent years and millions of dollars pursuing his white whale, Donald Trump, and was diligent in avoiding prosecutions of pretty much everybody else, especially fellow Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(His successor, Alvin Bragg, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be enlarging upon Vance\u2019s see-no-evil approach to most crimes, with the exception of murder and a few others. Heaven help Manhattan).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Restore faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, there is good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> from Albany, and it comes from Cuomo\u2019s successor, Gov. Hochul. Her answer to his gross abuse of power is a call for term limits for statewide elected officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want people to believe in their government again,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>She would also ban outside income for those officials, except for teaching.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hochul didn\u2019t say much more, probably because she\u2019s saving her argument for Wednesday\u2019s State of the State speech. Nonetheless, it\u2019s obvious that both elements in her push are a direct response to the Cuomo fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also good politics in that the ideas help separate her from his shadow as she faces a primary in June and, if she wins, a general election in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1227753247.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo\" class=\"wp-image-20717439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1227753247.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1227753247.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1227753247.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1227753247.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Some donors privately admit they gave Cuomo money only to protect themselves and their businesses from his wrath. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recall that the groping and other harassment allegations as well as Cuomo\u2019s manipulation of nursing-home deaths all stemmed from events in his third term. It\u2019s why I wrote that \u201cpower corrupts and third terms corrupt absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the sickening events that drove him from office were in themselves symbols of his abuse of power. During his nearly 11 years in Albany, Cuomo created an aura of fear in and out of government, to the point where some donors would privately admit they gave him money only to protect themselves and their businesses from his wrath. Even legislators and so-called good government groups were too often afraid to differ with him.<\/p>\n<p>He was friendless, but survived for so long in part because his critics were terrified into silence, including some in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The book deal that netted him at least $5.1 million involved the documented use of state employees and was directly tied to the undercounting of nursing-home deaths. Hochul\u2019s call for a ban on such income would remove the potential for an obvious conflict of interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Indeed, an Assembly probe found that negotiations with the book\u2019s publisher started on the same day that a report from Cuomo\u2019s office intentionally undercounted nursing-home deaths. The timing suggests the chance of getting a windfall led him to withhold crucial public information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Put it this way: If the truth about the lethal impact of his order forcing nursing homes to accept COVID patients had been known, no publisher would have gone near him.<\/p>\n<p>The use of state employees on the project, which Cuomo promised not to do in a written agreement, recently led the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to demand that he hand over all his book profits to the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, the bid to claw back the blood money has hit a wall, with the Attorney General\u2019s Office saying the ethics panel must follow certain \u201cprocedural steps\u201d before it could pursue the funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>3rd term no charm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although there is some criticism that Hochul did not include lawmakers in her term-limits push, her decision to exclude them actually raises her chance of getting the plan passed. Lawmakers, especially those who felt trapped by Cuomo\u2019s grip, are not about to term-limit themselves, but might be happy to put restrictions on the governor, the lieutenant governor, the AG and comptroller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/kathy-hochul-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kathy Hochul\" class=\"wp-image-20717445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/kathy-hochul-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/kathy-hochul-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/kathy-hochul-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There is some criticism that Hochul did not include lawmakers in her term-limits push.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And don\u2019t discount self-interest. Term limits in those offices would mean regular openings, which would give some lawmakers hopes that they could win election to those jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The state constitution would also need to be amended before term limits could be adopted.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, they are not a prophylactic against boobs winning. One name makes the case: Bill de Blasio. The damage he did to the city in two terms was enormous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it is frightening to think the Putz might have won four more years without the city\u2019s two-term limit. Fortunately, we didn\u2019t have to find out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/AndrewCuomo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Andrew Cuomo\" class=\"wp-image-20717465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/AndrewCuomo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/AndrewCuomo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/AndrewCuomo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/AndrewCuomo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Andrew Cuomo was the third consecutive governor to win a third term.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The same is true of Albany. Andrew Cuomo was the third consecutive governor to win a third term, with both his father, Mario, and Republican George Pataki each winning three times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the tendency to corruption, third terms are often flops. Public fatigue, combined with official burnout, are not formulas for progress and the way New York lagged other states in good government and economic growth, especially Florida, is an argument by itself for new hands on the helm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Besides, consider the revolting possibility that Andrew Cuomo would have won a fourth term. On top of other abuses, you can be certain he wouldn\u2019t have been satisfied with slapping the family name on just a single bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the time he finished, he probably would have tried to change the name of the state to Cuomostan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Spin docs, gimme a \u2018break\u2019!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Retired journalist Richard Reif \u00a0has a bone to pick with Dr. Anthony Fauci, writing that the term \u201cbreakthrough infections\u201d is being misused to describe cases where vaccinated people get COVID.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/IMG_8986.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"COVID Testing\" class=\"wp-image-20717451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/IMG_8986.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/IMG_8986.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/IMG_8986.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/IMG_8986.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The term \u201cbreakthrough infections\u201d is being misused to describe cases where vaccinated people get COVID said Richard Reif.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">STEFAN JEREMIAH<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA \u2018breakthrough\u2019 is normally a positive term to hail major advances in medicine and other fields,\u201d Reif says. \u201cThe proper term for infections of vaccinated folks is \u2018breakdown,\u2019 which indicates a vaccine failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that, while he is vaccinated and boosted, \u201cbreakthrough is a euphemism devised by Fauci &amp; other \u2018experts\u2019 to downplay vaccine failures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Same bad news for Team Biden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Biden gave yet another speech Tuesday and the only memorable part was that he said 2020 would be a good year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237522344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden\" class=\"wp-image-20717523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237522344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237522344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237522344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237522344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joe Biden\u2019s disapproval rating is at a new high of 60%.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oy.<\/p>\n<p>In other developments, a poll puts his disapproval rating on the economy at a new high of 60 % and another aide is quitting Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last one out, turn off the lights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Reader calls foul on Fauci\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reader Harold Theurer likes college football, but believes the long roster of holiday bowl <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s is missing one. He writes: \u201cThere should be a Fauci Bowl. It would be very interesting to watch since before each quarter the goalposts would be moved.\u201d\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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District attorneys in two counties have announced they will not prosecute the former governor for sexual harassment and a third says he will not pursue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20717276-1641351887053.png?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[123157,1545,20763,98806,120464],"class_list":["post-389801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1-4-22","tag-coronavirus","tag-cuomo","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-omicron-variant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}