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Will Gov. Cuomo Be Forced Out of Office? By Spectrum News NY1 New York City PUBLISHED 5:00 AM ET Mar. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:00 AM EST Mar. 12, 2021 SHARE The list of New York political figures calling for Gov. Cuomo to step down keeps growing, as more women have leveled sexual harassment allegations against him. NY1’s Juan Manuel Benítez, Courtney Gross, and Bob Hardt weigh in on the controversy and tell us if they think this will cause the governor’s political demise. They also discuss recent news coming out of the campaign trail, now that City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has officially announced his bid for comptroller. Plus, they share their takeaways from the mayoral forum on housing and homelessness we hosted here on NY1 this week. ....
US President-elect Joe Biden will not go out of his way to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt by executive action amid the pandemic, ignoring calls from some of the top Democrats to do so. While speaking to journalists on Wednesday Biden prefaced his response to the student loan forgiveness plan by saying: “I’m going to get in trouble for saying this.” He then went on to call the idea of canceling it via executive powers “pretty questionable,” adding, “I’m unsure of that. I’d be unlikely to do that.” The president-elect’s comment appears to be an outright dismissal of the plan championed by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and also Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) in the House. ....