Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Zoom-cast quality briefing, Saturday Aug. 21, 2021, successful New York. Cuomo declared a authorities of exigency for parts of the authorities and urged radical to heed warnings, arsenic the recently upgraded Hurricane Henri closed successful connected the Northeast. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP)

Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a Zoom-cast quality briefing, Saturday Aug. 21, 2021, successful New York. Cuomo declared a authorities of exigency for parts of the authorities and urged radical to heed warnings, arsenic the recently upgraded Hurricane Henri closed successful connected the Northeast. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP)

NEW YORK – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last time successful bureau projecting an representation that he is inactive successful control, and inactive afloat engaged arsenic the authorities dealt with dense rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri.

The Democrat, who is acceptable to resign astatine the extremity of the time Monday, appeared astatine a televised briefing Sunday surrounded by apical authorities officials progressive successful the state’s tempest response.

Absent from the briefing was Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is acceptable to go politician successful the archetypal seconds of Tuesday morning.

“The lieutenant politician has been briefed connected each of this and we’re successful changeless communication,” Cuomo said.

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Asked if helium inactive planned to permission bureau arsenic planned, Cuomo said “Yes, my last time is tomorrow.”

He said helium asked his exigency absorption squad that if immoderate were reasoning of leaving their jobs Tuesday, and not joining the caller administration, that they enactment successful spot “for the bully of the state” until the tempest situation had passed.

Hochul’s spokespeople didn’t instantly respond to a question astir her whereabouts. She did measurement successful connected the tempest on Twitter, saying, “My squad and I are continuing to intimately show #Henri.”

Hochul is scheduled to beryllium sworn successful astatine 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Cuomo announced 2 weeks agone that helium volition resign from bureau alternatively than endure a apt impeachment conflict successful the authorities legislature implicit intersexual harassment allegations.

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Cuomo has insisted helium did not interaction anyone inappropriately and that immoderate of the allegations against him are either false, exaggerated oregon unintentional, but helium said he’d concluded that continuing to combat to enactment successful bureau would wounded the state.

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