On Politics: Andrew Cuomo’s hidden weaknesses

Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor, seems to inch closer and closer to running for mayor.He clearly hoped Mayor Eric Adams, indicted on corruption charges in September, would resign, triggering a special election. Cuomo, for now, seems less enthusiastic about taking on Adams directly. But he may have no choice if he wants to run in 2025: Adams has pleaded not guilty, and seems committed, for now, to battling the charges.But let’s say Cuomo runs anyway. He has clear strengths as a mayoral candidate. He enjoys universal name recognition and shouldn’t have much trouble fundraising. Though he resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, there are enough average New Yorkers and business leaders who remember his tenure fondly. Adams’ incompetence has created a hunger for an experienced executive, and Cuomo ran the state for more than a decade.There wouldn’t be much of a learning curve at City Hall.Cuomo’s potential weaknesses will have less to do with the scandals that drove him from office — voters, in 2024, seem less concerned by #MeToo-style controversies — and more with those that arose in the first year of the pandemic. Though he was hailed as a national hero in the early months of 2020, his conduct that year proved scandalous in a way that could permanently damage him.He enacted a policy that sent Covid patients back to nursing homes, then his aides covered up evidence showing a spike in the death toll there. He took an enormous sum of money to write a pandemic... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'

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The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

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Trump Is Right About the Deep State. Thank God!

Marie Yovanovitch’s memoir makes a persuasive case for the officials who really did obstruct his agenda. Continue reading at Slate

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Delia Ephron’s Memoir Could Be Called ‘Love, Loss and Love Again’

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Samantha Hunt is haunted by books left unfinished

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Sara Suleri Goodyear Dies at 68; Known for Memoir of Pakistan

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Jeremy Denk’s Memoir Features Music, Love and More Music

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