OPINION_ Shame of Andrew Cuomo’s blame game: Goodwin

NEW YORK POST

OPINION

Shame of Andrew Cuomo’s blame game: Goodwin

By Michael Goodwin
June 2, 2020 | 9:47pm



Hans Pennink


In my early days as an opinion writer, a savvy veteran took me aside to explain his mordant view of the job. It requires, he said with a smile, someone willing to safely watch the battle from afar, then walk around the battlefield and finish off the wounded.

If true, that would mean being an opinion writer is a lot like being governor, at least according to the way Andrew Cuomo does the job. In Tuesday’s example of safe second-guessing, Cuomo said it was a “disgrace” the way Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD failed to stop the ­rioting and looting in the city.

“The NYPD and the mayor did not do their job last night,” ­Cuomo told reporters in Albany. “The police in New York City were not effective in doing their job last night. They have to do a better job.”

“You have 38,000 police officers. Deploy them. Give them support,” he added.

Cuomo, noting that de Blasio refused his offer to send 13,000 National Guard troops to the city, even talked about invoking his right to remove his fellow Democrat from office.

“It is a bizarre thing to try to do in this situation,” the governor said. “I think it would make a bad situation worse. Also, I don’t think it’s necessary, because I believe the NYPD can do this, because the NYPD has done this.”

There you have it — another classic Cuomo moment, one where he asserts maximum power and accepts minimum responsibility.

He has the National Guard on standby, but won’t send them. He believes he has the legal authority to remove the mayor, but won’t do it.

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