5 March 2022: Andrew Cuomo's Deceptive Boosters Reveal Cuomo's Loss of Union Support

Andrew Cuomo boosters falsely claim unions back disgraced ex-gov in mailer

This report indicates Andrew M. Cuomo's dead ender supporters' public relations strategy relies heavily upon deception.

A group of self-described Andrew Cuomo boosters has angered several prominent New York unions by claiming they back the disgraced politician’s efforts to rehabilitate himself in a new campaign-style flyer that’s been mailed across the state.

The double-sided mailer, which was obtained by The Post, urges union members to “support” the ex-governor, who resigned after his political base collapsed amid allegations of sexual misconduct, profiting from use of state resources to write his pandemic memoir and misleading the public and federal regulators over COVID-linked nursing home deaths.

The mailer lacks the type of legal disclosures typically found on campaign paraphernalia and is simply signed by a group identifying itself as New Yorkers for Justice. There is no such group registered with the State Board of Elections, online records show.

The mailer includes the logos of several influenial unions, who are not happy about the situation:

Several of the unions included in the mailer were outraged and said they had no knowledge of the effort.

“The NYC Carpenters union was not asked, nor would we ever give our permission to use our logo to falsely slander Attorney General James who fearlessly took on Andrew Cuomo to ensure justice for his victims,” said Joseph Geiger, a top official there. “Andrew Cuomo has no one to blame for his resignation except himself. Period.”

The state AFL-CIO sent the group a letter demanding they remove all mentions of Cilento and the organization from the mailer — a demand the group accepted, the union told the Post.

“The New York State AFL-CIO has no connection to New Yorkers for Justice. We are disappointed with the unauthorized use of our logo,” Cilento said.

As a general rule, Democratic party politicians like Cuomo don't get elected to statewide offices in New York without the committed support of major labor unions in the state. Cuomo's dead ender "boosters" have revealed Cuomo's lack of union support through their deceptive mailer.

Does this count as another example of Andrew M. Cuomo's desperate need for better PR people and more legal help?