Andrew Cuomo Wanted To Be President. He’ll Settle For Mayor.

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

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Andrew Cuomo—the hard-headed former governor of New York state —became something of a national hero in 2020 with his no-nonsense press conferences. By 2021, he was mired in a sexual misconduct scandal and the fallout from a public health disaster. How is he polling so well in the Democratic primary for New York’s mayoral race? Guest: Jimmy Vielkind, New York politics reporter for WNYC. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	I can tell you exactly how Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York.
1:13.6	Good morning. Let me begin that by thanking... This was back in August of 2021.
1:15.6	I was supposed to be in a meeting when it all happened.
1:18.6	Instead, I was tweeting through it.
1:20.6	And the thing you need to know is that Cuomo's resignation speech
1:25.6	didn't sound like a resignation speech.
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1:32.3	The governor was under increasing pressure over how he'd handled COVID,
1:38.3	how he managed his staff, and more than anything, how he treated women.
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