Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign from his “almost imperial governorship” – and insisted it would help save lives.
“He must resign now because he continues our effort to fight COVID. He is currently literally on the road to saving lives, ‘de Blasio insisted in a fiery interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation”.
“Andrew Cuomo can not lead us into the future. “We have the people, the state ready to reopen, but we have to get him out of the way to do that,” the mayor said.
Throughout the interview, the mayor repeatedly targeted his longtime enemy and blamed him for the Empire State’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as for holding the vaccine supplies for the Big Apple.
He also accused himself of deliberately hiding the death toll for the virus in nursing homes in order to get millions of “campaign contributions”.
“It was a very corrupt situation, and he just has to resign,” de Blasio said.
But Hizzoner predicted that Cuomo would not retire and should be arrested instead.
“I think he will try to persevere … I think he is used to getting things his way, and it was almost an imperial governorship,” de Blasio predicted.
“But I must tell you that the people in this state and the political leadership no longer believe him – he has no credibility,” de Blasio insisted.
‘I think a process of accusation will begin. And I think he will be charged, and maybe he will decide to resign. This is probably the most likely outcome at the moment, ”he predicted.
De Blasio made the call without mentioning the allegations of sexual harassment facing Cuomo, which sparked many of the demands for his resignation.
Assembly Democrats on Thursday gave the green light for an indictment of the governor.