Here in New York, former Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced he is running for New York City mayor. This comes three years after Cuomo was forced to resign as governor in the wake of 11 accusations of sexual misconduct. Cuomo was also found by a New York ethics board to have improperly used state funds to write his coronavirus pandemic memoir, and has been accused of deliberately underreporting and covering up the number of nursing home deaths during the pandemic.

Cuomo joins a crowded field ahead of the Democratic primary on June 24 as calls grow for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign. Adams has been widely accused of accepting a quid pro quo with the White House to enact Trump’s immigration crackdown in exchange for the Justice Department pushing for Adams’s corruption charges to be dropped.