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Another top aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is leaving the administration as the governor tries navigating his way through multiple high-profile scandals.
Press secretary Will Burns, who has been working with Cuomo’s administration for nearly three years, announced this week that he was planning to step down and leave the executive chamber.
The move came the same day that longtime aide Gareth Rhodes announced that he would be stepping away from the COVID-19 task force that he has been presiding over since the pandemic began last year.
No less than six high-ranking members of Cuomo’s administration have stepped away in recent months as the governor contends with scandals involving COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and multiple sexual harassment claims.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged not to resign Wednesday and asked New Yorkers to wait for the state attorney general’s report on the sexual harassment allegations.
Rhodes, who has been a major part of the state’s data analysis testing, and vaccination efforts, is returning to his job as deputy superintendent at the Department of Financial Services.