Disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to reboot his career with a run for mayor of New York City — and during a campaign stop at a union hall in Manhattan, he acknowledged he has made "mistakes."
However, Politico noted, Cuomo seemed to omit some of his larger missteps — including one that forced him to resign.
"'I was in government eight years as HUD secretary, four years attorney general, 11 years as governor, so I made a lot of mistakes,' Cuomo said, before rattling off the top three," reported Jason Beeferman. "The mistakes, which the former governor said were listed 'off the top of my head,' included failing to put more state police on city subways to offset future budget cuts, being under-prepared for the pandemic and that he 'took everything too seriously' and was 'impatient with the process.'"
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Notably absent from the list were the allegations that he sexually harassed 11 women, including forcible touching, an allegation that was backed up by an investigation by the New York Attorney General. Also not on Cuomo's list of "mistakes" he owned up to was his order directing nursing homes to accept COVID-infected patients, a decision that was blamed for excessive deaths of elderly long-term care patients in New York.
Cuomo's bid to return to public office comes as the current mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is under federal indictment for public corruption, with prosecutors alleging he accepted $100,000 in illegal gifts and luxury travel from individuals connected to the Turkish government
The Trump administration is moving to dismiss those charges, which has sparked furious speculation — denied by both parties — that Adams has a quid pro quo arrangement to cooperate on Trump's immigration policy in return for a pass on his alleged crimes. A federal judge overseeing the case is still contemplating how to move forward with the Justice Department's bid to withdraw the charges.
