Facing twin scandals and growing pressure to step down, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Wednesday that he will not resign. “I wasn’t elected by politicians. I was elected by the people of the state of New York. I’m not going to resign,” Cuomo told reporters during a press conference in Albany, in his first briefing since Feb. 22. “Some politicians will always play politics, right. That’s the nature of the beast. I don’t think today is the day for politics,” he also said. The Democrat is facing pressure from Republicans and within his own party to resign because three women accused him of sexual harassment and his administration acknowledged withholding COVID-19 death data from state legislators. Cuomo’s administration infamously in March 2020 ordered nursing home operators to take back residents or accept new residents even if they’d tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) …
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