New York Adult Entertainment: GLYNN: Cuomo faces delicate task with probe
Now that Paterson has removed himself from a re-election bid, Cuomo must be somewhat relieved that he won’t have to run against the first black governor of the Empire State.
At the same time, he finds himself pushed into an unbelievably delicate situation. His office has been asked to investigate allegations the governor and state police may have urged a woman to drop domestic violence charges against a top assistant to the governor.
If Paterson is found to have interfered with the judicial system in any way, he could be forced to resign even before Cuomo leaves the candidate protection program.
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace is well documented, even to that infamous cell phone call (“Client 9”) he made from the parking lot at Shorty’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, Pine Avenue, to a high-priced prostitution ring in Washington, D.C.