Cuomo s fight to stay in office runs into a wave of Democratic defections krdo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from krdo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Unions and advocacy groups have also turned their backs on Cuomo, which will hurt him in his pocketbook as well as on the campaign trail. Several, including the AFL-CIO, Hotel Trades, 32BJ and RWDSU, could always be counted on to support his re-election campaigns. Others, like Planned Parenthood, NOW-NYC and NARAL Pro-Choice New York gave the governor the political bonafides he needed to label himself an advocate for women and launch the now-defunct Women’s Equality Party in 2014.
The governor may also face criminal charges. The district attorneys of Albany, Westchester, Nassau and New York counties have stated they will look into opening investigations into the governor’s conduct to assess whether he may be guilty of a crime.
A timeline of Cuomo’s fight for political survival
A timeline of Cuomo’s fight for political survival
It’s been a heck of a few months in state politics since a fateful Feb. 10 meeting between the governor’s aides and state lawmakers. Governor Cuomo on April 29. Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo The must-read daily newsletter for NY s political community. Get it in your inbox.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands to benefit from undermining public confidence in the investigation overseen by state Attorney General Letitia James. His political allies have alleged – without evidence – that she and a top investigator are more interested in scoring political points than finding the facts. The Cuomo administration has even brushed aside concerns that this amounts to tampering with an ongoing investigation just as the governor was getting ready to testify to investigators. I have concerns as to the in
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The Buffalo Democrat s $1.5-million war-chest dwarfs all other state lawmakers in Western New York. Author: Steve Brown, Joseph O Rourke Published: 7:28 PM EDT July 19, 2021 Updated: 7:28 PM EDT July 19, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. For a political campaign, votes are the goal. Money is viewed as critical for candidates to get votes.
And while recent media attention has focused on the fundraising of India Walton and Byron Brown in the Buffalo mayoral race, State Senator Tim Kennedy has had a much better year.
With no election for him this year, the Buffalo Democrat raised $607,000 since January.
By comparison, the State Senate President Andrea-Stewart Cousins collected $222,000 over the same time period.