Susan Arbetter | NY State of Politics | Oct. 6, 2021

“I’m sorry that he’s doing this,” Stewart-Cousins said. “I understand that he has a lot of time on his hands. But I was hoping that time would be spent in introspection, frankly.”

The majority leader said she wasn’t clear on what the “danger” was that Cuomo referred to in his letter to supporters. 

“I’m just feeling like the same kind of thing is being said by former President Trump about where we are,” she explained….

As for new Gov. Kathy Hochul, the majority leader is not ready to endorse her for governor in 2022, but said she’s “doing what she has to do.” 

“Gov. Hochul has been there for a month. She is looking at the landscape. She is making personnel changes. She is signing legislation that we advanced. She’s doing what she has to do,” she said.

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