The Albany Times Union editorial board joined the calls for the New York government. Andrew Cuomo
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The editorial board in Saturday opinion article specifically cited the Cuomo administration’s revelations intentionally withholding the death toll from coronavirus in nursing homes, as well as several allegations of sexual harassment against the governor.
“In the midst of a lasting pandemic, it is vital that people can believe what their governor and government are telling them, and that the rules they must follow and the sacrifices they must make are really in the public health interest,” he wrote. the editorial board.
“It is time for Mr. Cuomo to resign and for those who helped to deceive the public to go,” he added.
The council went on to say that although it endorsed Cuomo for governor three times and the elected official “has put in place a number of important progressive goals,” the Democrat has now “lost the credibility he needs to lead this state, especially in the midst of a public health crisis. ”
The council also cited that the “excuse for lying” of withholding the true number of deaths from coronavirus in nursing homes “was also a lie”.
Cuomo’s chief aide, Melissa DeRosa, said the government did not release complete data on the deaths because it was concerned about the response it could cause from the former President Trump
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However, the board noted that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal found that DeRosa and other important advisers to Cuomo pressured state health officials to amend July public report about deaths in nursing homes because the death toll “was greater than aides close to Cuomo would have liked it to be,” wrote the Times Union board.
“New York cannot overcome this public health crisis if New Yorkers do not know whether the governor and health officials are being honest with them overnight,” argued the editorial board.
“It didn’t have to be that way,” continued the council. “Sir. Cuomo was, in general, doing a commendable job leading the state during the pandemic. People knew the difficult situation he faced. If he made a bad call a year ago, New Yorkers would have understood if he had been frank with them. ”
“But Cuomo didn’t trust New Yorkers with the truth,” added the Times Union board.
The opinion article came before a third former Cuomo advisor making allegations of sexual harassment against him, including touching her lower back at a reception and kissing her hand once when she sat at her desk.
Despite growing resignations, Cuomo, at a news conference on Wednesday, said he intended to stay in office.
“Some politicians will always do politics. That is the nature of the beast. I don’t think today is a day for politics, ”said Cuomo at the time. “I was not elected by politicians, I was elected by the people of the state of New York. I will not resign. ”
He continued, saying, “I work for the people of the state of New York, they elected me and I am going to serve the people of the state of New York.”