Andrew Cuomo’s new reputation as a calming, rational leader is not earned. He’s still a conservative Democrat. He is still a bully. He is still corrupt. He is still cruel, with his cuts to state Medicaid being a good example. And he is still ruthless in his management style. He holds grudges. He’s like Michael Jordan, only more destructive, since he wields state-wide policy.

Trump knows that he has escaped scrutiny by the New York Attorney General's office for decades. There have been eight Attorney Generals in Albany since Trump took over his father's business, and all of them had opportunities to put an end to his business and political career, including Andrew Cuomo (2007-2010). Now New York is playing catch-up, ready to charge Trump and at least two of his adult children with crimes once he is out of public office.

New York needs a new Democratic party. The current party machine gave us such greats as Andrew Cuomo, Joe Crowley, Rubén Díaz Senior and Junior, and Eliot Engel, just to name a few. This state’s Democrats are particularly awful given how educated and how far north it is. It’s embarrassing. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is the role model for the future. We need many more like her elected into office.