As the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, tries to cling on to power, Jonathan Freedland and Alexis Grenell discuss why the state with one of the most liberal cities in the world has failed to match its politics with modern society
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This time last year, Governor Andrew Cuomo was the man of the hour in New York, showing stability on a state level not seen by the man in the Oval Office. He even wrote a book about how well he handled the pandemic.
Fast forward 12 months, and Cuomo is hanging on for dear life to a political career now marred by accusations of sexual harassment and undercounting of nursing home deaths from Covid-19. So how did this brutish figure come to power, and what does it say about the state of New York politics?
Jonathan Freedland and Alexis Grennell discuss it all.
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