I am writing this column just to show that I have been right about Tough Guy Andrew all along. It is so clear that Andrew has done what most of us could not. As his âTough Guyâ appellation suggests, he hangs tough no matter what hell is going on around him. I know I have been watching the guy for years. When it looked like his bust up with Kerry Kennedy would spell the end of his political career, it didnât.
Similar story with his celebrity girlfriend, Sandra Lee. He toughed it all out and has served three terms. If I am right, he will run for a fourth. If he doesnât win, so what? He has plenty of money, including $4 million advance he received for the self-praising book he wrote claiming credit for the way he handled the pandemic. Heâll take his chances, just like his wonderful father did when he ran for a fourth term and lost. Incredibly, Donald Trump held onto his base no matter what despicable things he said and did regarding women. None of that stoppe
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For weeks, I ve argued that even as a critical mass of New York Democrats publicly called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, I didn t expect him to go anywhere. He s as shameless as they come, and the new move in politics is to simply wait out a scandal – or two, in Cuomo s case – until people get bored and move on. Even as more outrageous details have emerged about Cuomo s conduct, including about his infuriating book project, he remains in power. Proceedings and investigations against him are underway, but certain signs suggest that his strategy is working. Some New York Democrats who joined the parade of resignation calls, which were often tied more to sexual harassment allegations than his lethal nursing home deaths scandal and multi-pronged cover-up appear to be reconciling themselves to a future in which Cuomo maintains his grip on power:
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Labor union cheers state budget in ad campaign PUBLISHED 5:16 AM ET Apr. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:16 AM EDT Apr. 15, 2021
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A labor union ally of Democrats in the state Legislature this week launched a new digital ad campaign highlighting the $212 billion state budget agreement and thanking eight lawmakers in the process.
The $28,000 ad buy on Facebook specifically thanks the top Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly, Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as several Senate Democrats: James Skoufis, Michelle Hinchey, John Mannion, Rachel May, Samra Brouk and Jeremy Cooney.
The ad campaign is meant to work as a thank you note tailored to lawmakers on key issues facing the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several of the lawmakers included in the ad camapign are newly elected members of the state Senate, including Hinchey, Mannion, Brouk and Cooney.