Print this article Senators Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) deliver remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, November 2020. (Andrew Kelly / Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) on Friday called for New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s resignation amid concurrent scandals involving the governor’s mishandling of COVID patients in nursing homes during the pandemic and his subsequent coverup of the mishandling, as well as seven sexual-harassment allegations that have been made against him. Advertisement “Confronting and overcoming the COVID crisis requires sure and steady leadership,” a joint statement from the senators said.