Andrew Cuomo weighs in on New York lieutenant governor scandal: ‘How could this happen?’

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., wrote in a Monday column for the New York Day by day Information that New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin’s resignation and indictment “raises troubling questions.”

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in August 2021 following a number of sexual misconduct allegations, stated that his administration “reformed the insidious pork-barrel member-item course of” after a number of scandals. Benjamin was pressured to resign final week over federal prices of bribery and different offenses.

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Cuomo stated that underneath his tenure, the lawyer normal’s workplace had adopted a radical vetting course of and required authorized certificates that assured there was “no battle of curiosity or monetary relationship between the legislator and the grantee.”

“In The Brian Benjamin case, all the system failed,” the previous governor wrote. “How might this occur? The general public deserves solutions now.” 

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He addressed the rise in crime in New York, saying the state wanted to take “dramatic motion” with a view to give residents “hope reasonably than concern.”

2021 noticed the stormy exits of Chris and Andrew Cuomo from CNN and the New York governorship. (Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs)
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“A police officer on each prepare labored earlier than and can work once more. However police should actively patrol, and meaning district attorneys should prosecute crimes,” Cuomo stated. 

He additionally argued that the congressional and legislative traces that have been not too long ago handed violate “constitutional language prohibiting partisan redistricting.”

“The best way issues performed out in New York is an egregious assertion of disdain for the rule of regulation,” he stated. 

He contended that the New York legislature “needs to maintain the political benefit” and famous that “judges depend on the Legislature for his or her salaries.” 

“It will likely be the trifecta of dysfunction,” Cuomo wrote. 

FILE – This picture from Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, reveals New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul throughout a cupboard assembly on the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photograph/Mike Groll, File)
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Cuomo is reportedly mulling a run towards New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the previous lieutenant governor who took over for Cuomo after he resigned. 

The previous governor confronted extra scandals than his sexual harassment allegations whereas in workplace. A comptroller audit launched in March discovered that Cuomo’s administration undercounted nursing dwelling deaths by as a lot as 50% from April 2020 to February 2021. 

The investigation was launched after Lawyer Normal Letitia James revealed her findings in January 2021. Cuomo ordered New York nursing properties to absorb sufferers to had or might need had COVID-19.