Alyssa Cass on Andrew Cuomo’s limited electoral appeal

Slingshot partner Alyssa Cass’s memo, featured in Politico, warned that the scandals plaguing the former governor would “complicate” any case he made to voters. 

“The memo from Alyssa Cass, an adviser to ex-New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, details vulnerabilities that could hinder a Cuomo comeback — a bid-rigging scandal that roiled the Cuomo administration a decade ago, and his management of nursing home residents during Covid, for instance.”

“‘Before Cuomo even dips his toe into the race, the electoral water is ice cold,’ Cass wrote in the memo.”

“But his baggage would complicate a political resurgence, Cass predicted.”

“Controversies that dogged Cuomo during his decade in office — including a lucrative book deal about the pandemic, his handling of nursing home policies in the early weeks of the public health crisis and the stewardship of the city’s mass transit system — could be enough for voters to not want him back in office, Cass wrote in the memo.”

Read the full Politico article here.

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