17 August 2021: Where Is Cuomo's Letter of Resignation?

Did Cuomo really resign? There’s been no letter, and he continues to make huge decisions

When Andrew M. Cuomo announced on 10 August 2021 that he would resign as New York's governor in 14 days, most assumed he put that pledge into writing.

Columnist John Podhoretz is wondering where Cuomo's letter of resignation is, and because no one seems to know, he wonders if Cuomo has really resigned....

Has anyone seen a formal resignation letter from Cuomo with a signature at the bottom? Surely such a formal document is legally necessary, given the nature of the powers Cuomo holds as chief executive of the state of New York. He must forswear his office as a matter of functional law so that it can be vacated before his successor, Kathy Hochul, is sworn in.

His resignation is supposed to take effect in eight days. Where is the letter?

Might it be that Cuomo has a scheme to stick around? Could this whole resignation business be a kind of trial balloon — to see whether things might change so dramatically due to unforeseen circumstances that he might have grounds to rescind his resignation?

David Paterson, whom Cuomo succeeded as governor, said it last week: “It was just a little puzzling that they wanted to have that amount of time … It’s suspicious, I’ll put it that way.”

Podhoretz' column appeared in the New York Post on 16 August 2021.