Play all audios:
A regretful Andrew Cuomo said he wouldn’t resign as New York’s governor if he could do it over again — and threw shade at successor Gov. Kathy Hochul’s record. Cuomo, in a wide-ranging New
York Times interview Tuesday, retroactively — and flippantly — dismissed widespread concerns at the time that his sexual harassment scandal in 2021 would cripple state government if he
stayed in office. “If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t have resigned,” he told the Times when asked if he regretted stepping down. “At the time, I thought that I would be a distraction to
government functionality, that they would all be involved in impeachment proceedings, blah, blah, blah,” Cuomo added. “Looking back, what has really been done in the last four years, anyway,
right?” Hochul has been governor in the four years since Cuomo resigned in disgrace over the sexual harassment accusations, which he vehemently denies. EXPLORE MORE The Times noted the
implicit diss to Hochul. “It sounds like you don’t think your successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, has done that,” the Times offered. “Well, you can judge the record of accomplishment of the past
four years,” Cuomo responded. Hochul’s spokesman Avi Small hit back at Cuomo with a coy response of his own. “We know Mr. Cuomo appreciates Governor Hochul’s work holding the line on income
taxes, fixing the bail laws, fighting crime, building housing and prioritizing affordability — it’s no surprise so much of his campaign agenda reflects the Governor’s priorities,” Small said
in a statement.