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« Reply #525 on: March 15, 2021, 05:33:00 PM »

Accuser Charlotte Bennett talked to investigators for four hours, said Cuomo was obssessed with discussing his large hand size and what it meant.

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A woman who has accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment told investigators Monday that he was preoccupied with talking to subordinates about his “hand size” and “what the large size of his hands indicated,” her lawyer revealed.

The accuser, former Cuomo aide Charlotte Bennett, spent four hours talking via Zoom teleconference software to investigators conducting a probe of claims by her and several other women that the Democrat sexually harassed them, or otherwise made inappropriate comments and physical contact.

The investigation is being overseen by state Attorney General Letitia James.

Bennett, 25, “detailed her allegations of sexual harassment and provided the investigators with more than 120 pages of contemporaneous records, as well as other examples of documentary evidence, to corroborate her accusations against Gov. Cuomo and his senior staff,” her lawyer Debra Katz said in a statement.

Katz said that Bennett gave the investigators “detailed information about the sexually hostile work environment the Governor fostered in both his Manhattan and Albany offices and his deliberate effort to create rivalries and tension among female staffers on whom he bestowed attention.”

“One piece of new information that came to light today was the Governor’s preoccupation with his hand size and what the large size of his hands indicated to Charlotte and other members of his staff,” Katz said.

The lawyer said the investigators “have been moving quickly, and with sensitivity, to get to the heart of these allegations.”

“We remain confident that their investigation will substantiate Charlotte’s claims of sexual harassment against Gov. Cuomo, as well as the failure of his senior staff to meet their mandatory reporting requirements under the very laws he signed,” Katz said.

She also said that “it is imperative” that the probe focus not only on Cuomo’s conduct toward women, “but also on the culture of fear, abuse and secrecy that he and his most senior staff cultivated. ”

“To that end, we have full confidence in the investigation and the investigators.  We urge others who have been subjected to inappropriate conduct by the Governor – and we know you are out there – to come forward with what you experienced,” Katz said. “And to those who observed the behavior, we urge you to do the same.”

this is beyond parody, he's literally blue trump
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« Reply #526 on: March 15, 2021, 07:12:25 PM »


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« Reply #527 on: March 15, 2021, 07:38:48 PM »

I called it!

We Democrats have spent a long time trying to figure who our Trump is and these past few weeks are making me think that Andrew Cuomo is the answer: belligerent, corrupt, crude, misogynistic, narcissistic, etc. The only real difference now is that Cuomo at least had experience before getting elected and doesn't have a (real) cult-like following among the party since Democrats don't psychologically operate that way.

And yet the evidence just keeps on mounting.
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« Reply #528 on: March 15, 2021, 08:51:14 PM »


You can't trust 'em.
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« Reply #529 on: March 16, 2021, 07:05:30 AM »

Ladies and gentlemen, I'll warn you - the following links contain excess amounts of cringe. Viewer discretion is advised.

https://www.newyorkfamily.com/crushing-on-govenor-andrew-cuomo-coronavirus/
https://www.vogue.com/article/andrew-cuomo-why-we-love-him-now-coronavirus
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« Reply #530 on: March 16, 2021, 07:10:31 AM »


This is even more hilarious.

Between watching episodes of Tiger King and episodes of Trump’s daily press “briefings” and trying to find more marijuana to ingest, I quicken to something that cuts through the insanity. Out of the darkness, you, Andrew Cuomo, walk into my life, looking remarkably like the Incredible Hulk. Governor Cuomo, do you know how dehydrated we’ve been? Do you know how thirsty we are to have a real leader, someone who can speak about policy, who can humanize statistics, who can string together a complex sentence that doesn’t contain a single lie—or just string together a complex sentence? Armed with facts, you are giving us the courage to face our fears. Your daily briefings have come at a time when I was beginning to wonder where the good men were and to feel despair that this was just the way the world was now. I’ve never believed all men suck, but all signals kept pointing in the same direction. In 2019 I read an article about a man who masturbated into a plant. I had to put the article down, look up at the sky, and wonder, When did that become a thing? In what era did the first man pull out his penis and jerk off to an indoor plant? Thank you, Andrew Cuomo. Thank you for reminding us that there are men who can lead and be clear and tell the truth—even when the news is bad. Who practice benevolent ruthlessness. (Thanks, Maureen Dowd.) Who speak to Americans with respect. Thank you for being a leader at a time when so many of us were desperately looking for one. Thank you for your different outfits, your tight white polo shirts, your forceful language, and your clear, easy-to-read graphics that are probably meant as a learning manual for Donald Trump. I love your bar graphs and pie charts, Governor. They’ve helped me to understand what this disease is doing and how important it is to self-quarantine. Thanks for reminding us, at a time when old white men are neither cool nor popular, that good men exist and that real politicians do their job by leading. Thank you for talking about the unexpected benefit of spending time with your daughters and for using words like compassion and courage. Thank you for reminding us that the best politicians are, in their hearts, civil servants. Thank you for talking about the value of human life and for reminding us that no one’s mother is expendable. I love you, Andrew Cuomo. Your daughters are lucky to have a dad like you. Thank you for showing us the heart of a New Yorker. But, most of all, thank you for your competence.

https://www.vogue.com/article/chelsea-handler-andrew-cuomo-love-letter
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« Reply #531 on: March 16, 2021, 07:19:23 PM »



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« Reply #532 on: March 16, 2021, 08:18:28 PM »

It looks like Governor Cuomo is safe, for now:

Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

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Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

But as the governor fights back rapidly-spreading calls for him to leave office, it’s safe to assume that the numbers which will resonate the most are those finding that most voters aren’t ready for him to go.

A total of 57 percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.”
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« Reply #533 on: March 16, 2021, 11:08:50 PM »

It looks like Governor Cuomo is safe, for now:

Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

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Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

But as the governor fights back rapidly-spreading calls for him to leave office, it’s safe to assume that the numbers which will resonate the most are those finding that most voters aren’t ready for him to go.

A total of 57 percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.”

Not going to matter if the legislature wants him out and it would be extreme arrogance to refuse calls to leave from the President. The report is going to be very damaging to him.
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« Reply #534 on: March 17, 2021, 12:35:55 AM »

It looks like Governor Cuomo is safe, for now:

Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

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Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

But as the governor fights back rapidly-spreading calls for him to leave office, it’s safe to assume that the numbers which will resonate the most are those finding that most voters aren’t ready for him to go.

A total of 57 percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, the populace of New York!
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« Reply #535 on: March 17, 2021, 12:42:09 AM »

It looks like Governor Cuomo is safe, for now:

Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

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Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

But as the governor fights back rapidly-spreading calls for him to leave office, it’s safe to assume that the numbers which will resonate the most are those finding that most voters aren’t ready for him to go.

A total of 57 percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, the populace of New York!

What, do my fellow New Yorkers want someone like Janice Dean to become Governor in 2022, because that's where we are headed if Cuomo isn't removed from office.
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« Reply #536 on: March 17, 2021, 04:00:26 PM »

It looks like Governor Cuomo is safe, for now:

Siena poll: Just 35 percent of New York voters want Cuomo to resign

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Most New York voters are satisfied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s explanation of the sexual harassment allegations made against him and barely a third want him to resign, a Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday morning found.

The governor’s overall popularity has taken a hit over the past month, however. Only 43 percent of New Yorkers now view him favorably, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.

“Voters appear to be able to compartmentalize how they feel about Cuomo,” Siena spokesperson Steve Greenberg said in a statement. “While their views on him generally — favorability, job performance, re-elect — took a significant hit this month, voters’ views on Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic remain largely positive, except for his handling of nursing home death data.”

Cuomo’s numbers had already been gradually declining from the stratospheric highs they hit last spring. He’s now back around where he was before the pandemic; he polled at 44-50 favorable in a Siena poll in February 2020.

But as the governor fights back rapidly-spreading calls for him to leave office, it’s safe to assume that the numbers which will resonate the most are those finding that most voters aren’t ready for him to go.

A total of 57 percent of respondents say they’re “satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the allegations,” while 32 percent say they are “not satisfied.”

Cuomo isn't safe. that poll came out before more national dems called on him to resign and before a lot of the new allegations were made public. I would want to see a newer poll before jumping to that conclusion
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« Reply #537 on: March 17, 2021, 06:33:40 PM »

I take it Cuomo-supporting New Yorkers now join the list of "Worst Democratic voters" along with Newsom-supporting Californians & Northam-supporting Virginians?
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« Reply #538 on: March 17, 2021, 06:44:41 PM »

I take it Cuomo-supporting New Yorkers now join the list of "Worst Democratic voters" along with Newsom-supporting Californians & Northam-supporting Virginians?
These are not bad though
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« Reply #539 on: March 17, 2021, 08:26:14 PM »

NY Black Leaders supporting Cuomo: https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/17/go-to-your-friends-black-leaders-and-voters-rally-around-cuomo-1368623
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« Reply #540 on: March 17, 2021, 08:37:19 PM »


I'm trying to figure out what African-American political leaders have against Kathy Hochul.
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« Reply #541 on: March 17, 2021, 09:57:09 PM »


I'd imagine it's mostly that their political machines know Cuomo and they don't know Hochul because up until a month or two ago she was politically irrelevant and Cuomo looked like presidential material. They don't care about ideology or morality, they care about the sorts of political benefits you can only reliably get through personal connections behind closed doors. That's also probably part of why none of the unions have turned on him either and it wouldn't be too surprising if they came down behind him soon enough.

The other issue is frankly just a matter of framing. The emphasis from most of the media has been on the sexual harassment allegations with the nursing home mismanagement and coverup being more of an afterthought. This is very convincing to the sorts of upper middle class white people who won the election for Biden but for non-white and working class voters it's decidedly less of a priority. The impression many of those without the time to catch more than snippets of the news are left with is that Cuomo is a great manager who handled COVID like a champ but acted like a creep around women and also might have fudged some insignificant numbers. After all, if it was such a big deal why does it get a sentence of mention next to "CUOMO ACCUSED OF LEWD REMARKS"?

Whether we like it or not most people won't go against their partisan interests (or typically even their economic interests) over MeToo accusations and other character attacks unless they're particularly heinous, and sometimesnot even then. Just look at how the people still behind Cuomo put it:

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Kester Grant, a 27-year-old FedEx employee who lives in East New York, said resignation would be premature and he’s glad that his Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries, has not gone as far as others in calling for Cuomo to resign over more than a half dozen sexual misconduct allegations.

“It’s both sides to the thing, so we’re trying to really figure out what really is going on,” Grant said, adding that he respected Cuomo’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. “I really love how he really handled the pandemic,” he said. Compared to other states, he continued, “most of our stuff was really controlled.”

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Kester Grant, a 27-year-old FedEx employee who lives in East New York, said resignation would be premature and he’s glad that his Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries, has not gone as far as others in calling for Cuomo to resign over more than a half dozen sexual misconduct allegations.

“It’s both sides to the thing, so we’re trying to really figure out what really is going on,” Grant said, adding that he respected Cuomo’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. “I really love how he really handled the pandemic,” he said. Compared to other states, he continued, “most of our stuff was really controlled.”

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Standing outside a Marshall’s in Ozone Park, Queens, a neighborhood Meeks represents, 40-year-old hospital worker Livy Giancani said Cuomo was too good a leader to lose in this moment. “They should listen to what the women need to say, but resigning, I think that’s too much,” she said. “Look at the way, he deal with all this COVID stuff and how well he do for New York. He’s good.”

So long as the myth of Perfect Administrator Cuomo persists he'll have plenty of public support. Were that myth to be systematically demolished his approval would be through the floor but the collateral damage would be sufficiently widespread to make tolerating Cuomo (at least for the remainder of his term) the lesser evil for New York Democrats. The real question is whether enough Democrats will vote against the preferences of their constituents or not.
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« Reply #542 on: March 18, 2021, 10:53:46 AM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.
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« Reply #543 on: March 18, 2021, 12:26:03 PM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.

Is there an impeachment vote scheduled?
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« Reply #544 on: March 18, 2021, 12:33:43 PM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.

Is there an impeachment vote scheduled?

No, the Assembly Judiciary Committee is still in the inquiry stage, & the Speaker is ensuring that it moves at a snail's pace.
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« Reply #545 on: March 18, 2021, 03:35:59 PM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.

Is there an impeachment vote scheduled?

No, the Assembly Judiciary Committee is still in the inquiry stage, & the Speaker is ensuring that it moves at a snail's pace.

Is the speaker a fake? he called for resignation
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« Reply #546 on: March 18, 2021, 03:37:51 PM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.

Is there an impeachment vote scheduled?

No, the Assembly Judiciary Committee is still in the inquiry stage, & the Speaker is ensuring that it moves at a snail's pace.

Is the speaker a fake? he called for resignation

I think he just stopped at resignation and said something like Cuomo should ask himself whether he can effectively govern. Senate pro tem Andrea Cousins called for his resignation.
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« Reply #547 on: March 18, 2021, 04:03:40 PM »

For sure things can change, but as we speak, I think Cuomo resigning or being successfully impeached is somewhat less likely than Cuomo still being gov in January 2023. Needless to say how embarrassing that is. Believe me, I really want to wrong here.

Is there an impeachment vote scheduled?

No, the Assembly Judiciary Committee is still in the inquiry stage, & the Speaker is ensuring that it moves at a snail's pace.

Is the speaker a fake? he called for resignation

I think he just stopped at resignation and said something like Cuomo should ask himself whether he can effectively govern. Senate pro tem Andrea Cousins called for his resignation.

Yeah, & he just selected a law firm with major ties to Cuomo & his officials to help conduct the inquiry without even notifying any members of the Judiciary Committee (i.e., the ones who are supposed to be in charge of the inquiry) prior to doing so. He's evidently just slow-walking it & hoping it bides Cuomo time to survive.
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« Reply #548 on: March 18, 2021, 04:17:19 PM »

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« Reply #549 on: March 18, 2021, 04:27:08 PM »

After November 2020, nobody can actually take Quinnipiac serious anymore.
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