Andrew Cuomo Admits He Regrets Decision To Resign As Governor In 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he regrets resigning as governor in 2021 over a sexual harassment allegation scandal.

In an interview with the New York Times, Cuomo argued that staying in office would have been more beneficial for the state.

“If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t have resigned,” he told the Times. "At the time, I thought it would have been too much of a distraction and hurt the great functioning of government, which was going to go build great things and do great things."

In addition to the sexual harassment claims, Cuomo was facing a scandal involving COVID-19 nursing home deaths when he resigned.

Cuomo has denied the sexual harassment allegations but apologized for being insensitive back in 2021.

In the interview with the Times, the ex-governor seemed to criticized his successor, Kathy Hochul.

“Looking back, what has really been done in the last four years, anyway, right?”

When asked to elaborate, Cuomo said, "you can judge the record of accomplishment of the past four years."

Cuomo also admitted to in the interview that, until recently, he had not lived in New York City since 1990.

The ex-governor remains the frontrunner in the Democratic primary field for mayor and had a double-digit lead over the second-place candidate, according to a Marist College poll in May.

Cuomo is expected to participate in the first Democratic mayoral candidate debate Wednesday night.