Cuomo’s packing up: Movers spotted outdoors governor’s mansion in Albany because he leaves office

ALBANY – As Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s close friend Billy Joel might sing: He’s leaving.With Cuomo’s resignation among scandal looming Monday night, crews in the condition Office of General Services were spotted Friday morning packing in the outgoing governor’s possessions in the Executive Mansion in Albany.The Democratic governor has resided solely within the 20,000 sq . ft ., condition-owned mansion within the last 2 yrs after splitting together with his celebrity chef girlfriend Sandra Lee and leaving their New Castle, Westchester County, house that she’s since offered.Cuomo doesn’t own every other property, therefore it is unclear where he’s headed. He has not stated openly where he’ll go.”I do not understand what I’m gonna do,” Cuomo told New You are able to Magazine a week ago, noting how he’s resided in New You are able to City and Albany and Washington.“I’m not disappearing. I’ve got a voice, I’ve got a perspective and it is not gonna change,” he added.The Connected Press required photos of condition workers Friday morning filling a Nissan Sports utility vehicle with products, along with other photographers had photos of U-Haul trucks being full of boxes within the gated mansion, which has been the place to find governors since 1875.Lately, a couple of Cuomo’s three kids, who’d resided in the mansion with him at points in the pandemic, were also photographed departing using their possessions.The mansion includes a storied history. Gov. Al Cruz installed a petting zoo within the 1920s, and Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had an inside pool installed to assist him exercise because of polio.On his inauguration night in 1899, Gov. Theodore Roosevelt locked themself from the mansion.Cuomo may be the first governor since his late father, Mario, to reside full-time within the mansion, that was mainly employed for tours and also the periodic overnight stays by Mario’s predecessors.When Mario Cuomo took office in 1983, he moved his family after which teenage boy Chris Cuomo, now a CNN host, to Albany. First Lady Matilda Cuomo required great pride in undertaking a restoration of great importance and from the mansion with the aid of private funding.Andrew Cuomo has spoken regularly throughout his tenure about the significance of the mansion to his family and just how they spent holidays and special moments there, including the marriage of his sister, Madeline, there in 1993.The mansion was make the spotlight in Cuomo’s downfall.One of the accusations of sexual harassment is the fact that he groped and grabbed the breast of the former female aide, that is now under analysis through the Albany County District Attorney’s Office.Cuomo is going to be departing office with a few money to invest on the new residence.He arrived a $5 million book deal this past year to create concerning the state’s COVID response, and that he place in for his retirement effective Sept. 1 to start collecting a $50,000 annually pension.More:Outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo puts set for retirement. Here is how much his pension might beFrederick Spector may be the Government and Politics Editor for the united states TODAY Network’s Atlantic Group, overseeing coverage in New You are able to, Nj, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. He could be arrived at at JSPECTOR@Gannett.com or adopted on Twitter: @GannettAlbanySupport local journalismWe cover the tales in the New You are able to Condition Capitol and across New You are able to that matter most to your family. Please consider supporting our efforts having a subscription towards the New You are able to publication nearest you. 

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