![]() If the choice was between progressive values and Cuomo, the pragmatic unions would always go with the governor.ĭuring his 11 years in power, he muscled unions, wealthy donors, and lawmakers to block whatever the progressive bloc in Albany tried to achieve. It never fully worked - the WFP persists to this day - but it did drive many labor unions away from the activist left. Cuomo tried to kneecap the WFP many times, including the creation of a sham party with a similar name (Women’s Equality Party), to deny it the ballot altogether. He hated the Working Families Party, the liberal third party which first flirted with not supporting him in 2014, and he hated everyone who associated with it. ![]() ![]() All of this is now at least possible without Andrew Cuomo around much longer to frustrate the left.Īnd Cuomo hated the left, swatting away two left-wing primary challengers over his time as governor. ![]() An end to qualified immunity for police officers. Money pumped into the public-university system and public-housing stock, harvested from higher taxes on the wealthy. Single-payer health care and a public takeover of utility companies. ![]()
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