Democrats will suffer across-the-board electoral losses in November due to their “egregious” disdain for laws, as embodied by the scandals and high crime rates that have rocked New York in recent months, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has predicted.
Cuomo, whose resignation from the governorship last August paved the way for the elevation of Gov. Kathy Hochul, argued his successor’s Administration failed in approving former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin’s selection for the No. 2 job, given the scandals that led to his arrest and resignation just last week.
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“The lieutenant governor’s indictment raises troubling questions. After many scandals, we had reformed the insidious pork-barrel member-item process ... In the Brian Benjamin case, the entire system failed,” Cuomo wrote in an op-ed published Monday morning in the New York Daily News. “How could this happen? The public deserves answers now.”
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Benjamin relinquished his position on Tuesday, just hours after being arrested on charges of federal bribery conspiracy related to his unsuccessful city comptroller campaign. Despite his alleged financial infractions, his selection for lieutenant governor marked a failure of the “comprehensive vetting process” required by the attorney general’s office, Cuomo maintained.
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Albany leaders are working to protect themselves by endorsing a set of congressional maps that is “a clear violation of constitutional language prohibiting partisan redistricting,” the former governor argued.
“Of course, Democrats, myself included, have a partisan interest in seeing districts favor Democrats. I also fully understand the instinct to ‘get even’ for the Republicans’ past partisan redistricting in this state and in many others,” he wrote. “But two wrongs still don’t make a right, and the principle of fair elections and voting rights cannot be applied selectively ... The way things played out in New York is an egregious statement of disdain for the rule of law.”
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Last month, a New York judge chucked three maps signed into law by Hochul that would have “virtually guaranteed[d] Democrats winning 22” of New York’s 26 House seats, acting Chief Justice Patrick McAllister wrote in the ruling.
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The instinct to maintain “the political advantage of their gerrymandered lines” may be rooted in Democrats’ policy failures as the dominant party in New York, Cuomo said. The New York Democrat called for “dramatic action” to stop the “New York City crime spree,” including increasing the presence of law enforcement.
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“The subway system is the circulatory system for our downstate economy and we must increase police presence and police action,” he wrote. “A police officer on every train worked before and will work again. But police must actively patrol, and that means district attorneys must prosecute crimes.” “If the Democrats do not make a dramatic difference quickly, I fear the people will make that difference by defeating Democrats in November,” he continued.
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