The Outsider: New York’s two Democratic US senators yesterday joined a majority of the state’s congressional delegation calling for the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo over accusations of sexual harassment and even assault.

  Cuomo said earlier in the day that he will not bow out and that he’s a victim of “cancel culture.” He said, “I did not do what has been alleged, period.” 

  The governor is hoping that somehow “due process,” an investigation by his attorney general, will clear him or at least dig up insufficient evidence. But 13 members of the New York congressional delegation signed a letter saying, “The deeply disturbing allegations of at least six women, including several former employees, offer detailed descriptions of sexual misconduct that raise additional concerns about the governor’s fitness to hold any position of public trust.”

  Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand said in their joint statement, “It is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of New York,”

  Cuomo told the press, “I was not elected by the politicians. I was elected by the people.” He actually had the nerve to pose himself as a political outsider, saying, “Part of this is that I am not part of the political club, and you know what? I’m proud of it.”

  Cuomo’s father was governor of New York and he was married to a member of the Kennedy political dynasty. He was Bill Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban development, and New York Attorney General before being elected governor of New York three times. But he wants you to think he’s an outsider getting crucified by the establishment.

Black Lives: Minneapolis is paying the price of bad police work. The city has agreed  to pay $27 million to the family of George Floyd, who died when former officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on the man’s neck for nine minutes while arresting him. Floyd’s plea, “I can’t breathe,” became a chant of the Black Lives Matter movement.

  Half a million dollars will be invested in the neighborhood where Floyd was killed.

  Jury selection continues for Chauvin’s murder trial.

Viral News: Despite a steep decline in new cases of Covid-19, a lot of people are still dying. Another 1,767 Americans died in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 532,593. The toll just this month is 19,501.

  So far, 66 million Americans have been vaccinated, just shy of 20 percent of the population.

The Spin Rack: The latest stimulus checks are expected to start going out this weekend. — As peace negotiations drag on, it appears that the US is going to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline agreed to last year with the Taliban. — Kentucky’s Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill that would make it illegal to insult a police officer in such a way “that would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent response from the perspective of a reasonable and prudent person.” Conviction would be punishable by up to 90 days in jail and fines of up to $250. The cops were the target of taunting after the killing of Breonna Taylor in a botched raid. — Celebrity couple Alex Rodriguez, the former New York Yankee known as A-Rod, and singer Jennifer Lopez have split. 

Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who’s held the office since 2010, announced he’s not running for re-election this year, making it certain that if his office indicts former President Donald Trump, a new DA will be in charge of the prosecution. 

  Trump has an amazing ability to skirt the law, but Vance might be getting close to that indictment. Former Trump fixer/lawyer Michael Cohen said on his podcast “Mea Culpa” that “Vance is accumulating a vast road map of criminality for which Trump must answer.”

   Cohen has been a major cooperating witness, but Jane Mayer reports in The New Yorker that Cohen believes investigators may also be bearing down on Trump’s children, who are deeply involved in the family business, and the Trump organization’s CEO Allen Weisselberg.

  The investigation started looking into payoffs to women Trump had sex with, but now it’s deep into his business practices. Vance hired an investigative accounting firm to examine Trump’s taxes and business. Among the suspicions are that Trump lied about the value of properties to get hundreds of millions in loans, and to sell apartments. Investigators suspect Trump paid people by giving them rent-free apartments not reported as either payment or gifts on the part of the company, or income by the beneficiaries.

  That’s not everything. It’s just a hint of the way the Trumps do busiess. 

  Mayer writes that Cohen told prosecutors, “Nothing goes on in the Trump Organization without Donald Trump knowing it. It’s like the boss of bosses in an organized-crime family. No one has to ask if the boss signed off. They know he did.”

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