More On Andrew Cuomo (Blah)

The primary for NYC elections is now two months away. One goal is to get a Democratic city councilperson for my area. I don't have high hopes of people changing horses in midstream since the current occupant seems to be doing okay. I have no idea who is running, but I will see in time. 

The primary concern is mayor and making sure Andrew Cuomo doesn't win. Eric Adams isn't running as a Democrat anymore. Besides those two, I am not really concerned about who wins too much. There are multiple decent choices. Both Adams and Cuomo were in the news:

Both Mayor Adams and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo have filed for extensions on their 2024 tax returns, meaning the public likely won’t get to see either of their disclosures until this fall at the earliest.

How convenient. And suspicious:

As mayor, Adams has in previous years also filed for extensions on his returns and then released them publicly. Once public, one of those returns contradicted information about Adams’ income that he had supplied in his mandatory financial disclosure with the city Conflicts of Interest Board that year.

This year, there has been heightened interest in Cuomo’s return because he raked in $500,000 in 2024 doing legal consulting for yet-to-be identified clients, Politico reported last month.

Cuomo also flubbed in obtaining matching funds (for now), allegedly because of a "technical error." 

More news:

He’s received the endorsements of top unions, most recently 32BJ SEIU and Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, and several local politicians.

The Cuomo campaign was also criticized this week after releasing a housing plan that apparently utilized ChatGPT — and was still filled with bad grammar and misspellings, Hell Gate reported. 

The campaign also misspelled the names of the head of 32BJ and HTC after announcing the endorsements. 

The unions endorsing him, especially with how much he screwed up as governor, is depressing. There are multiple good other options than a disgraced governor. Plus, he is a sexist asshole:

Abuse and Power Andrew Cuomo’s governorship has been defined by cruelty that disguised chronic mismanagement. Why was that celebrated for so long?

Well, part of it is because we are still a sexist society. As to the rest, maybe he was gone too long for people to remember. We have too many reasonable alternatives, including the head of the City Council for this sort of bullshit. 

Adrienne Adams has the same last name as Eric Adams and is black, too. It's a smooth transition. I kid a bit there, but that's a coincidence. Plus, she has a major city position. 

There are some other good options, including both of the candidates whose first name begins with "Z" (one is the leader from the left, the other has more moderate support). So, we don't need to support corrupt hacks. Enough of them already.