Now that more has been revealed about issues with NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s management of the Cuomo crisis, a real opposition has been developing to his dominance in New York state politics.<\/p>\n
Rather predictably, Cuomo is completely losing his sh%$ over this<\/a>, and lashing out like a wounded animal. <\/p>\n Hizzoner has never been the most amiable of blokes, but he just threatened to “destroy” a state legislator over this:<\/p>\n For months, Assemblyman Ron Kim has been one of the few Democratic lawmakers willing to criticize Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo<\/a> for his handling of the state\u2019s nursing homes during the pandemic, pressing for investigations into the matter.<\/p>\n So when a top aide to Mr. Cuomo recently admitted<\/a> that his administration had withheld nursing home data from state lawmakers<\/a>, Mr. Kim, whose Queens district was hit hard by the coronavirus, said it appeared the governor was \u201ctrying to dodge having any incriminating evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n Hours after Mr. Kim made that comment to The New York Post<\/a> last Thursday, he said he got an irate late-night call from the governor. Mr. Cuomo began with a question \u2014 \u201cAre you an honorable man?\u201d \u2014 and then proceeded to yell for 10 minutes, Mr. Kim recalled, threatening to publicly tarnish the assemblyman and urging him to issue a new statement clarifying his remarks.<\/p>\n Mr. Cuomo made good on his threat on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n \u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n In lengthy remarks, Mr. Cuomo also accused the assemblyman of a \u201ccontinuing racket\u201d soliciting donations from nail salon owners, who were upset about a 2015 nail-salon reform law<\/a> that he helped craft.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe it was unethical if not illegal,\u201d Mr. Cuomo said, suggesting that Mr. Kim was engaging in \u201cpay to play.\u201d<\/p>\n The scathing back-and-forth comes as the Cuomo administration continues to deal with the fallout from a series of revelations about its withholding the data, effectively covering up the full extent of how many nursing home residents died from the virus.<\/p>\n