Every day, another shoe drops in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's increasingly dire world. In 2020, you couldn't find a more popular governor in the country. The press certainly adored him if these headlines – and there are dozens more like them – are any indication. New York Times: “ Andrew Cuomo Is the Control Freak We Need Right Now ” ADVERTISEMENT Vogue: “Why We Are Crushing on Andrew Cuomo Right Now” Vanity Fair: “Dear Andrew Cuomo, I want to be your First Lady'' Washington Post: “No one does it like Andrew Cuomo” This month’s Cover of Rolling Stone: Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo Cuomo accuser says governor did not take sexual harassment training NY Senate advances bill to repeal Cuomo's emergency powers Two female aides to Cuomo leave administration MORE Takes Charge https://t.co/u8sLXkcHWV pic.twitter.com/HBRvYrOHmx — Melissa DeRosa (@melissadderosa) April 13, 2020 Yep — Cuomo certainly brought the sizzle to his power point presentations during his nationally-televised press conferences throughout the early months of the pandemic. He was the anti-Trump: Fatherly. Meticulous. Sympathetic. He was even presidential to the point that some argued he should sit at the top of the Democratic ticket despite not being a declared candidate. ADVERTISEMENT And of course, there was “Keeping up with the Cuomos” on CNN's highest-rated news program, where multiple "interviews" were conducted that really served as propaganda and PR for the governor courtesy of network anchor and younger brother Chris. And over the course of 10 interviews starting in March, the nursing home situation wasn't broached once despite reports of a possible scandal emerging last summer. When the going was good, the Cuomo Comedy Hour was difficult to avoid. But now, thanks to an all-too-convenient edict by the network, anchor Chris isn't allowed to cover – or even discuss – the huge national stories that are his brother's scandals. ...
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Cuomo made aide ‘cry,’ exploded at investigator who mispronounced his name, sources say
close Video What led to Cuomo's bad decision to send COVID-infected patients back to nursing homes Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson breaks down the latest reporting on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of nursing homes early in the pandemic. Gov. Cuomo created a toxic work environment that dates back at least to his time as state attorney general — and includes rages that can last for days, former aides and associates said Thursday. Cuomo once chewed out an aide so harshly that "he made her cry," a source familiar with the incident recalled. "Young people work for him thinking they will rise up with him. Older people are stuck because they need a job and benefits.’’ CUOMO ADVISERS ALTERED REPORT ON CORONAVIRUS NURSING HOME DEATHS: WSJ Back when he was AG from 2007 through 2010, Cuomo viciously teed off on a veteran State Police investigator in his 60s who accidentally mispronounced his name as "Como," according to a source familiar with that incident. "What’s my name?" Cuomo thundered in front of a group of people. "How do you pronounce it? Spell it!" In addition to berating the cop, Cuomo transferred him out of his security detail. During his 2018 gubernatorial re-election campaign, an insider recalled, Cuomo apparently became "livid" just because his Republican challenger, Marc Molinaro, suddenly appeared at the Manhattan’s Columbus Day Parade and shook his hand. NEW YORKERS SAY CUOMO SHOULDN'T RESIGN, BUT HIS APPROVAL RATING PLUMMETS A Cuomo spokesman said the governor "had a great time at the parade." "Many of us have been here for years and others have left and come back," senior adviser Rich Azzopardi said in a statement. "This job isn’t for everyone but we work hard every day to deliver for New Yorkers, and from a $15 minimum wage, to the strongest gun safety laws in the nation to free public college tuition we’ve cut through the red tape and delivered for New ...
Cuomo’s scandals reveal to nation the governor New Yorkers know
close Video Janice Dean: Cuomo and aides 'should go to jail' for nursing home death cover-up Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean rips New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for covering up coronavirus deaths. It was Andrew Cuomo's Emmy-winning performance: daily televised coronavirus briefings in which the New York governor projected competence and compassion, helping to calm a nervous nation. Now, the many Americans whose positive impressions of Cuomo were formed during the height of the pandemic are getting a close-up of a very different governor, one accused of underreporting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, sexually harassing female staffers and bullying colleagues. CUOMO ADVISERS ALTERED REPORT ON CORONAVIRUS NURSING HOME DEATHS: WSJ To New Yorkers who have watched the Democrat for years, however, the allegations are consistent with how Cuomo maintains his tight grip on power. The same forceful, micromanaging, even adversarial style that appeared to serve him well in the pandemic, they say, could lead to his undoing. "The national audience who looked to him for guidance and comfort in the past year don't want to see someone they respect fall from grace," said Fordham University political scientist Christina Greer. "But there are a lot of New Yorkers who have known Cuomo and his behavior who are saying it's time for his comeuppance." The three-term governor, 63, said Wednesday that he would not resign, and urged those demanding his departure to await the results of an independent investigation into the harassment allegations, overseen by Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James. Cuomo apologized for making women uncomfortable but denied touching anyone inappropriately. He said he regularly greets people with a hug and kiss, a habit acquired from his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. "I understand sensitivities have changed. Behavior has changed," Cuomo said. "I get it and I'm going to ...
Police investigating claim that bullies forced Black middle schooler to drink urine
Texas police are looking into claims of repeated bullying against a Black middle schooler, whose mother says he was physically attacked, called racial slurs and forced to drink urine by classmates. The boy’s mother, Summer Smith, who goes by Summer Alicia on Facebook, detailed in a post earlier this week that her son, SeMarion, faced numerous instances of being bullied by peers. Smith said that officials at her son’s school, Haggard Middle School in Plano, a suburb of Dallas, did not take action to address the bullying after it was reported. ADVERTISEMENT "Imagine being a happy kid who loves making people smile and having a good time... Imagine your classmates and football team members turning on you and targeting you," she wrote. "Imagine a group of those same football team members attacking you in the locker-room with a belt... Imagine being hit in the private area and when you tell an adult you are told 'boys will be boys.'" The mother also wrote that her son had his inhaler taken from him by his coach, was told he should commit suicide, attacked by classmates with BB guns and forced to drink a cup of urine. Smith then included in the post screenshots showing verbal threats and racial slurs seemingly directed at SeMarion, as well as a video that showed someone appearing to be her son being forced to drink a cup filled with yellow liquid by another boy. Plano police spokesperson David Tilley told The Dallas Morning News that the mother of a student called the middle school’s resource officer this week, and the officer is now working with a juvenile crimes detective on an investigation into the bullying claims. Local NBC affiliate station KXAS-TV reported that a small group of SeMarion’s family friends and parents of other students held a gathering outside the middle school Thursday, demanding the local school district take action. “There has to be more done for these kids to feel represented, for these kids to ...
