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Antifar
02/17/21 2:30:19 PM
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/cuomo-ron-kim-nursing-home/index.html
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have criticized him in an aggressive effort to contain political fallout from revelations that his administration had concealed the full extent of nursing home-related deaths during the Covid pandemic.

DeRosa is a top aide to the governor who came under fire last week after she told state lawmakers in a private virtual meeting that the state had delayed sharing with the legislature the full scope of the Covid-related death toll of New York's nursing home residents because of concerns about a potential federal investigation by the Department of Justice. (The governor's office has since released a partial transcript of the call.)
Kim, a progressive representing Queens who has been among the most vocal critics of Cuomo's handling of nursing homes during the pandemic and believes his own uncle died from a presumed case of Covid in a nursing home last year, participated in that virtual call. During the meeting, Kim said he called on the governor to apologize to family members of those who died in assisted living facilities. When the New York Post first reported on DeRosa's controversial comments, he was one of the participants quoted in the piece criticizing those remarks.

"No man has ever spoken to me like that in my entire life," Kim said of his phone call with Cuomo. "At some point he tried to humiliate me, asking: 'Are you a lawyer? I didn't think so. You're not a lawyer.' It almost felt like in retrospect he was trying to bait me and anger me and say something inappropriate. I'm glad I didn't."

Kim's wife told CNN that she had overheard parts of Kim's phone call with Cuomo last week, and described the governor as "loud" and "angry." She said she heard Cuomo say, "Who do you think you are?" as well as the words, "my wrath," and that immediately after the phone call, her husband told her: "The governor threatened to destroy my life."



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NinjaWarrior455
02/17/21 2:32:48 PM
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It would be nice if this sinks any future aspirations Cuomo had

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ElatedVenusaur
02/17/21 2:50:41 PM
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NinjaWarrior455 posted...
It would be nice if this sinks any future aspirations Cuomo had
It would be better if he was forced to resign in disgrace.
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SiO4
02/17/21 2:53:57 PM
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You really don't like Cuomo don't you TC?

With all due respect, who would you prefer as Governor?
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Turtlemayor333
02/17/21 2:54:10 PM
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Cuomo shouldn't go anywhere until the minute Ron DeSantis is kicked out of office and behind bars

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Antifar
02/17/21 3:36:22 PM
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SiO4 posted...
You really don't like Cuomo don't you TC?

With all due respect, who would you prefer as Governor?
I voted for Cynthia Nixon in the primary two years ago, but frankly most Democrats would constitute an improvement here.

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LostForest
02/17/21 3:42:31 PM
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SiO4 posted...
You really don't like Cuomo don't you TC?

Most New Yorkers don't like Cuomo. I've never seen such a maligned politician by both Democrats and Republicans continue to get reelected.

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InfinityMonster
02/17/21 3:44:18 PM
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This is exactly the type of shit he's been doing with reporters in his briefings all year.

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Antifar
02/17/21 3:45:26 PM
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LostForest posted...
Most New Yorkers don't like Cuomo
I wish this were the case, but it's just not true
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-retains-56-25-approval-rating-despite-nursing-home-controversy-poll/ar-BB1dJTCa

Granted, this poll took place before the latest set of reports on this scandal, but

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Were_Wyrm
02/17/21 3:48:40 PM
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Cuomo seems like the kind of person who would have some ones legs broken if they said they didn't like NY style pizza.

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2Pacavelli
02/17/21 3:49:43 PM
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Cuomo is a corrupt piece of crap nothing new
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LostForest
02/17/21 3:50:41 PM
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Antifar posted...
I wish this were the case, but it's just not true
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-retains-56-25-approval-rating-despite-nursing-home-controversy-poll/ar-BB1dJTCa

Granted, this poll took place before the latest set of reports on this scandal, but

I stand corrected. It's just so bizarre though because everyone I know IRL hates him lol. I have conservative family and liberal friends, and in my personal bubble, nobody seems to like him.

Must be everyone in the city or something.

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