ANDY JUST DOESN'T GET A DAY OFF – AT 6:31 P.M. ET:  Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, winner of an Emmy for sounding good during a pandemic, just can't catch a break from those pesky folks who are upset at the charges some women have lodged against him, and the belief that his handling of the pandemic in New York cost thousands of lives.  Sigh, people are so unfair.  Andy's troubles grow by the day.  From Fox:

The New York State Assembly is opening an investigation with full subpoena power, the first step in pursuing a potential impeachment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid sexual misconduct allegations.

"The Democratic Conference is taking the first step toward impeachment by opening an investigation with full subpoena power to obtain facts and testimonies under oath," Democratic Assemblyman Ron Kim said in a statement obtained by Fox News Thursday.

"Some members, including myself, argued that we had enough admission to proceed with impeachment today but the conference is leaning toward setting up the process and structure toward impeachment."

Albany police said Thursday they received a report from the New York State Executive Chamber, which is the governor's office, involving an incident with potential criminal activity. The incident allegedly involved a female aide and took place at Cuomo's executive mansion. The news came just after the Albany Times Union reported on an allegation that Cuomo groped a female aide last year.

That marked the sixth allegation of inappropriate conduct since last month. Cuomo has denied the most recent allegation and said he was confident in the pending results of Attorney General Letitia James' investigation.

After multiple allegations surfaced in February, the governor released a statement in which he denied inappropriately touching anybody but acknowledged his jokes at work might have been misinterpreted.

Amid his multiple responses, dozens of state lawmakers -- at least 59 -- have called for his resignation.

COMMENT:  As we've said here before, Cuomo's strategy appears to be to ride it out, stall for time, and hope that the voters forget.  It may not work, as there are plenty of top Democrats who don't like Cuomo personally, and there are plenty of Democrats who'd like to be governor. 

Cuomo's biggest problem may be a Department of Justice investigation linked to his handling of nursing home patients during the pandemic.  Will new Attorney General Merrick Garland kill that probe?  If he does, Cuomo might be saved.  If he doesn't, Cuomo could conceivably go to prison.

Of course, as everyone knows, it's all Trump's fault.

March 11, 2021