https://nypost.com/2021/06/15/cuomo-nursing-home-order-cause...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/nyregion/cuomo-nursing-ho...
The party will depose him eventually because they don't want people known to have those skeletons in their closet but it will either happen quietly later (i.e. he won't seek further political office and will get a cushy board job somewhere), or if in the near future the party needs to look like it's tough on incompetence or tough on sexual misconduct he'll be the sacrificial lamb.
Welcome to single party state politics.
Except, rational people can see that someone being 'thought to cook the numbers' and someone 'cooking the numbers' are wholly different things and only one 'side' worthy of condemnation in this instance.
A similar approach can be used to discredit anything.
Simple answer? He's delivering on policy. Legalised weed. Election reform. Ex-convict rights reforms. New tax package. Much of this was gridlocked. Magically, the grease hit the wheels when impeachment came into focus.
None of this will win him another term. But he's functionally useful and not showing signs of becoming an albatross on the party.
Yes. But ask yourself why? In each case, powerful constituents sat in opposition. For legalized weed, it was the restaurant and liquor lobbies. Those lobbies focussed on him because they knew he'd listen. If Cuomo took a "they can shove it" attitude from the start, they'd have dispersed and likely been more effective. (There is also an Albany tradition of legislators voting for bills on the Governor's assurance of a veto.)
With respect to dysfunctionality, the on-time budgets and--to the degree one can in a one-party state--fiscal restraint hints at deeper mechanics. In that respect, Cuomo's governship is almost Caesarian. Where Cuomo is, things happen. Where his attention isn't, useless deputies are screwing things up.
He means the commercial real estate market.
Remote work is terrifying to NYC commercial landlords. Right now, about 17% of NYC commercial real estate is on the market as vacant. A lot more is probably leased but unused. Are all those skyscrapers really necessary?
If SF had a 15% decline in people coming back to the office, that would probably be a win.
"A third of leases at large Manhattan buildings will expire over the next three years, according to CBRE, a commercial real estate services company, and companies have made clear they will need significantly less space."
Yet there's still 14 million square feet of commercial space under construction.
Anyone need a spare skyscraper?
It’s difficult to overstate the political influence these landlords and especially the associated developers wield in NYC and NYS politics.
West Midtown Manhattan's businesses are going, going, gone.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kPhbiuDo6I
The article is full of some funny quips, too:
> "So let me get this straight..when Republicans have been saying this that means they are science deniers trying to kill people, but when @NYGovCuomo finally says this today then he is a genius who should write another book about his incredible leadership?" Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., tweeted. "Did I get that right?"
> "Brilliant strategist... it's incredible that no one thought of this months ago!" Donald Trump Jr. joked in response.
There was a pretty good reason not to encourage employees to come in to the office in NYC months ago.
Neither of those quips is funny. They show what should be an embarrassing level of ignorance if not outright stupidity. The state of the world even six months ago was COVID vaccines were only available to the most vulnerable groups. Six months ago clamoring about states opening up and people returning to offices was asinine. Six months ago a small enough portion of the populace was vaccinated that the danger of COVID spreading was the same as the preceding six months.
FTFY
It will be in the many billions.
Has to get funded somehow!
It's not like he's mandating offices force people back in or face penalties
