The fall of Andrew Cuomo dominated the news in state government this year as multiple scandals beset New York’s 56th governor and removed him and his inner circle from power toward the latter half of 2021.
The year started against the backdrop of Cuomo’s first accuser, former aide Lindsey Boylan, coming forth with sexual harassment allegations just weeks earlier in December.
Several more went public in the lead up to the bombshell investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James’s office, which cemented the end of Cuomo’s decade-long governorship and ushered in Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul as the first female leader in the Empire State’s 233-year history.
