Cuomo doubles down on trying to discredit harassment allegations – 2 years after his resignation

Plus: NYC reportedly isn't the coolest city in the country. [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [2 years after his resignation, Andrew Cuomo is doubling down to discredit harassment allegations]( against him [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by Brooks Brunson]( Today's weather: ☁️ The [@nymetroweather Instagram account]( gives today a 3/10 and calls it "a double espresso kind of morning." (As I am writing this, bleary eyed with a warm cup of caffeine in hand, I concur.) Don't be fooled by the temperature forecast with a high of 76 and a low of 69. The humidity is currently 77% which makes a good temperature feel not so great. Plus, clouds and indecisive rain will haunt the day. We made it to Thursday in New York City, where a certain ex-governor [won't let it go](. It's been exactly two years and one day since former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office, but he is still [determined to challenge]( the investigation that found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women while in office. Our Albany reporter, Jon Campbell, [dug into]( exactly what Cuomo is up to and how it's played out in court so far. Here are the other stories you should know about today: - Police say a man riding a 1 train through Times Square early this morning was [stabbed in the head multiple times by an unknown assailant](. - Two people were killed and at least two others were wounded this morning in a [wrong-way crash]( on the Whitestone Expressway, according to police. - A man is now in custody following a hammer attack in Sunset Park that [left a mother dead and her two young children hospitalized]( police say. - Mayor Adams toured Israel's National Police Academy yesterday during his three-day trip to the country, and praised drone technology that he said [could make its way to the NYPD](. - And a former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, [has turned himself in at an Atlanta jail](. He's facing charges for his efforts to overturn then-President Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. - Dig deeper: [How did Giuliani end up like this?]( - Giuliani's surrender came just as the GOP [held its first debate]( for the next presidential election. Since we're all dying to know who "won" that, [here's a piece]( from the New York Times Opinion section ranking the winners and losers. The highest score went to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, scoring 6.3 out of 10. Former [New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie]( got a 4.8. - The city [*just* deployed]( a new giant garbage bin program in Harlem, with hopes to make waves in the battle against rats. And yet, the sanitation department is now [phasing out another similar program in Hell’s Kitchen]( three months ahead of schedule. - This one hurt: New York was chosen as the [second coolest city in the country]( outranked by Portland, Oregon. - Aging is difficult for many of us, but rappers face a unique set of challenges. Jay Mumford was closing in on 40 when he reached the last in a long line of final straws with hip-hop: he got booed while performing at South by Southwest. [Our profile on Mumford]( explores these challenges and how the Queens artist pivoted. - Why did two seemingly identical penthouses in the West Village sell for drastically different amounts this summer? [Curbed looked into the $13.5 million mystery.]( - New York City could [save $3 billion a year]( by pulling asylum-seekers out of emergency shelters and providing them with housing vouchers instead, according to a new report. - Has NYC made a full pandemic recovery? [This tracker from THE CITY]( is measuring how far we’ve come, and how much more we still have to do. - A new report shows that many of New York City's schools [aren’t accessible for students]( with physical disabilities which excludes them from participating in programs. “Mr. Cuomo has nothing but time and money to burn, and a public narrative he desperately would like to relitigate.” - Danya Perry, attorney for Lindsey Boylan, a former aide who was the first to accuse the governor of harassment in 2021. [Read the story.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Mayor Adams ordered all city agencies to share a video which positively portrayed how he's handled the migrant crisis]( The order indicated that compliance would be tracked and reported to the mayor. [Hundreds of migrants enter Randall’s Island shelter 3 days after opening]( New York City’s new relief center on Randall’s Island is already housing 350 migrants since its opening three days ago. 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