At a Buffalo appearance to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations on Thursday, a reporter asked Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo about his ability to govern and maneuver New York's political shoals amid continuing calls for his impeachment or resignation.
His answer was "not hypothetical," he replied, especially after just wrapping up a $212 billion state budget for 2021-22.
"Since that occurred," he said, referring to controversy over his handling of pandemic death data and accusations of sexual harassment, "look at what I have done. There is no greater test of the premise. If you're going to have trouble governing ... it would be in the budget.