Apr 27, 2021 — Governor Andrew Cuomo has come under fire for limiting the media’s access and ability to ask him questions, as he faces a number of scandals. So far the strategy has so far delivered some benefits to the embattled governor. The restrictions on the media began shortly after several current and former female aides accused the governor of sexual harassment, and in one case, sexual assault. Federal prosecutors were also investigating Cuomo and his top aides for a potential cover up of the number of nursing home residents who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. There are also allegations that the governor offered coronavirus tests to family and friends when the vast majority of New Yorkers could not get them, and that he used his staff to help him write a book.