and a place to make your mark. loopnet. the most popular place to find a space. one hour from now at midnight, new york s governor andrew cuomo will become a private citizen and new york s lieutenant governor, democrat kathy hochul will become the first woman governor. if you came in late to andrew cuomo s farewell speech today, and missed the part where he complained about the state attorney general s investigation of sexual harassment claims against him. you would think you were listening to andrew cuomo s first campaign speech in his next campaign for governor. he complained about unnamed democrats, who advocate defunding police even though no elected democrats advocate defunding police. and he laid out the cuomo agenda for new york s future.
farewell speech today, which if you came in late, if you missed the part where he attacked the state attorney general. you would think it was a campaign speech for his campaign for governor, which he has $18 million to finance if he chooses to run for governor next year. which as of now, he can do. we have the the chair of the state democratic party joining us at the end of the hour. that s going to be one question. is andrew cuomo running for governor? among many others. lawrence, do you know offhand or will this come up in the interview, i guess, if he decided to try to play kingmaker and shunt that $18 million over to some other candidacy that he then blessed. does he have the ability to do that? or would that count as or would that be treated as like a campaign donation, you are not allowed to move it between candidates? the place where he could move that much money is to the state
and you re not going to see it until it happens. so when governor hochul takes office, i think she s going to do a great job and all these other scenarios will melt away. what should andrew cuomo do with the $18 million that he has? he can t distribute it to federal candidates because it s raised under new york state rules, which is different. he can give it to your state democratic party. are you going to ask him for that $18 million? i can share the wiring instructions with him if he would like, we would be more than happy to take some of that money into the party. look, i think the governor hasn t even thought of those kind of things. and my hope is that he is going to remain a productive and positive force in the party, and his help with those funds and other assets certainly would be
and we must demand that government continue to perform and achieve and accomplish. we have embarked on the most aggressive green energy plan in the nation. not talk, action. hundreds of projects all across the state starting now. new transmission lines for a green grid. we are rebuilding our upstate airports. buffalo is building back. a new la guardia airport. first new airport in the nation, in 25 years. new jfk airport. a new penn station to end the hellacious conditions of penn station. more affordable housing than ever before. these projects are underway. and essential to complete quickly and effectively because they are literally building our future. joining us now, jay jacobs. new york state democratic party chair. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. you know andrew cuomo well.