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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at his office on March 24, 2021 in New York City. | Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images
Cuomo’s Albany dominance takes backseat to political survival
Cuomo is spending his days trying to reframe the now-tarnished narrative of his tenure as he faces the single greatest threat to his decades-long political career.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s once iron grip on Albany is slipping as he tries to fight off calls for his resignation and contend with multiple investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct.
The state budget is five days late and counting — an Albany tradition of tardiness that Cuomo, a three-term Democrat, had long boasted of ending. And as details of the roughly $200 billion spending plan begin to emerge this week, the expanded influence of legislative leaders and rank-and-file progressives is hard to miss.