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In reply to the discussion: I now believe Joe Biden will run for President in 2020. [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)In 2020, the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, will surely want to push the issue of the Trump administration's corruption. Cuomo's record on that score is bad. He tried to look tough by appointing the Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in Albany. Then, when the Commission went beyond being a PR stunt and displayed too much dedication to actually doing its job, he abruptly disbanded it.
The Commission had been investigating two notable Cuomo cronies, Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (a Democrat) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (a Republican). After Cuomo called off what he called "his" commission, Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor in Manhattan, picked up the investigations and got convictions against both of them.
Then there's this, from the "Appointee donations" section of Cuomo's Wikipedia bio:
In March 2018, The New York Times reported that Cuomo had rewritten the disclaimer language on his campaign website for the executive order barring donations from appointees.[133] The website added two caveats whereby some gubernatorial appointees are allowed to donate to the Governor, which The Times said could potentially lead to more donations from appointees to the Governor.[133] The Cuomo campaign returned $2,500 donation from one appointee who was in violation of the new disclaimer, but still retains the approximately $890,000 raised from other appointees.[133]
On policy issues, he has a mixed record. If he decides to run (my prediction: he will), his record will come under scrutiny for the good and the bad.