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- His final farewell: Cuomo submits his resignation letter
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It's official.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo submitted his letter of resignation Monday night, after more than a decade of control in Albany.
The 63-year-old kept it simple in his letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers), who is serving as temporary president of the chamber due to the elevation of Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to the governor’s office.
“I hereby tender my resignation for the office of Governor of the State of New York. This resignation will be effective at 12:00 a.m., August 24, 2021,” the soon-to-be-former governor wrote before concluding: “It has been my pleasure to serve with you both.”
Cuomo announced he would step down on Aug. 10, one week after an independent report commissioned by state Attorney General Letitia James detailed his sexual harassment of 11 women — including nine current or former state employees — in violation of federal law.
All that remains now is all the work to clean up the messes Andrew M. Cuomo left behind.
