Key Democratic Leaders Call for Resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — How Did We Get Here?

Both of New York’s U.S. Senators, dozens of State Assemblymembers, and popular U.S. Representatives from New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman have called for Cuomo’s resignation after Democratic Party officials faced increased pressure this week to speak out on the mounting allegations of sexual harassment and COVID-19 data cover-ups carried out by the embattled New York Governor.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (left) is among the many Democratic elected officials now calling for the resignation of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (right).

On March 25th of last year, nearly a full year ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a statewide advisory in collaboration with the New York Department of Health preventing nursing homes from denying patient admissions based on the patient’s COVID-19 status. This opened the door for COVID-positive patients to be admitted to long-term-care facilities where chronic staffing shortages and a lack of funding and essential resources led to tens of thousands of unnecessary COVID infections and over 15,000 nursing home deaths in New York State as of March of 2021. Cuomo initially covered up nearly half of these deaths in the…