10 August 2021: Cuomo Pushed By Top Aide To Resign, Sought Deal to Avoid Impeachment by Ditching 4th Term

Sources: Former top aide Melissa DeRosa urged Gov. Cuomo to resign for weeks

This report covers two items that were originally reported on 9 August 2021: Melissa DeRosa's role in urging Andrew M. Cuomo to resign and a deal Cuomo pursued to avoid being impeached in return for not seeking a fourth term as New York's Governor in 2022. The first excerpt summarizes DeRosa's reported efforts to convince Cuomo to resign:

Sources tell News 12 that a top aide to embattled Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged him to resign for weeks before stepping down herself over the weekend....

On Sunday night, Cuomo's top aide, Melissa DeRosa, resigned. She was mentioned nearly 200 times in the attorney general's report. Among other things, investigators say DeRosa led efforts to discredit some of the women who accused Cuomo of sexual misconduct.

Sources told News 12 that DeRosa urged Cuomo for weeks to resign or at least announce that he wouldn't seek re-election next year, all in an effort to quell talk of impeachment.

This report also covers NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's response to the proposed deal for Cuomo to announce he won't seek a fourth term in return for avoiding impeachment:

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tamped down any speculation that a delay in the impeachment decision would give Cuomo the chance to cut a deal, perhaps by offering not to run for reelection next year.

“I'm not negotiating in deals. I'm not part of any discussion or plan to be a part of any discussion on cutting deals,” he said.

Note Heastie isn't saying the deals aren't being discussed. He's saying he isn't participating in the negotiations. What Cuomo ally Heastie is doing is continuing to push for steps that will drag out the NY Assembly's impeachment proceedings, buying Cuomo time to try to strike a deal that best favors him and his interests, which is an underreported aspect of the Cuomo scandals.