It's quite evident that he that he is directly responsible for killing thousands of senior citizens, and then lying about his directives & statistics.
So, where do you stand?
Where I stand is, having lived in Suffolk County, NY, he seems to have handled coronavirus very well for the general populace (meaning those out in the public), at first, anyway. He definitely learned valuable lessons at HUD when he worked there and implemented them successfully (Again, not counting nursing homes).I felt very safe on Long Island when I lived there thanks not only to Gov. Cuomo's policies, but just general common sense among the populace.
Specifically nursing homes is where he fell down on, as well as lying about facts and figures and not being as forthcoming as he needed to be. So, we have a mixed record.
Having had a relative who stayed in a nursing home, part of the problem is that nursing homes are not required (At least on Long Island), by law, to follow basic protocols, such as getting flu shots. If a nurse chooses not to get a flu shot, they must wear a mask. So, given the way the laws are, and the way the directives are, I imagine that deaths in nursing homes specifically were caused by a combination of individual nursing home policies, Governor Cuomo's policies, and state and local policies all mixed together.
Where I can blame him completely is for lying and not disclosing statistics and manipulating what he said, at least in press conferences, so thet everything looked better than it was. While his briefings were information, and he does follow the numbers, the problem is that you can't follow your own selected numbers to arrive at the truth.
As far as the sexual harassment allegations, this also goes in-line with point a). He did something unethical, and also was unethical about the numbers he disclosed. If you can find or know of a third unethical thing he did (I never really followed him that closely, much to my detriment), then we have a pattern that's more than just bad behavior in "just a couple" of instances.
Does he need to resign? Given that he only has one year left before the election, I would suggest that resignation is not the right thing to do unless other things unravel. This is because, especially in the times of the pandemic, we do not want to cause instability with public safety any more so than it already has been destabilized. Consistency of policy, etc. - that being said, if more things were to unravel specifically related to coronavirus, I would say he has to go because his policies didn't help public safety. They certainly didn't help senior citizens and nursing homes, and things still may unravel.
I hope that answered the question.
