Did embattled NY governor lobby lawmakers to deflect from resignation calls? Cuomo's office has no comment on a report that the governor helped engineer a letter supporting the attorney general's probe to suppress calls for his resignation. Author: Steve Brown Updated: 6:51 PM EST March 8, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Did New York’s embattled governor help engineer an effort intended to deflect calls for him to resign? After a fourth former state government employee accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of improper behavior, State Senate President Andrea Stewart-Cousins called for the governor to step down. Then on Monday morning, on International Women's Day, Josefa Velasquez of the non-profit news outlet The City tweeted, "Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making calls to state lawmakers asking them to say they cannot support calls for his resignation because it may stymie Attorney General Tish James' independent investigation, according to several sources."