Andrew Cuomo

His successor is now leading in the polls for election, and Cuomo is absent from the political scene, although not completely forgotten.

A 5 p.m. deadline for candidates to collect 45,000 voter signatures to appear on the November general election ballot passed without Andrew Cuomo's campaign turning in the nominating petitions.

In the lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in Albany, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused the Joint Commission on Public Ethics of violating his constitutional rights and showing “extraordinary bias against him."

The speech was part of an ongoing attempt by the disgraced former governor – who resigned after allegations of sexual harassment – to rebuild his reputation and possibly run against his successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his first public remarks since leaving office, railed on the concept of “cancel culture,” which he blamed for the cascade of calls for his resignation last year after he was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. At the same time, Cuomo appeared to tease a return to public life during the speech, which he delivered in person at a church in Brooklyn on Sunday.

Government reform groups are asking the state Board of Elections to open an investigation into disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s spending of campaign funds, which he is using to run ads defending his reputation. A spokesman for Cuomo said he's acting within the boundaries of the law.

WBFO asked nursing home stakeholders to grade Gov. Kathy Hochul’s handling of the industry as she marks six months in office Thursday. They gave her mostly positive reviews while acknowledging that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a low bar.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo will file a complaint with one of the state’s disciplinary boards for attorneys against New York Attorney General Letitia James over what his attorney has framed as inconsistencies with her office’s probe into his alleged sexual misconduct.

Good government groups say New York's ethics commission should investigate whether former Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke the law by accepting free help from a group of former aides who worked to defend him against sexual harassment allegations.

Oswego County District Attorney Gregory Oakes said in a prepared statement that there was "not a sufficient legal basis" to bring charges against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.