Governor Urges Moderation by Incoming Senate Majority

November 13th, 2018

On Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo appeared on a radio show, where he celebrated the Democrats’ Election Day successes, but said that he thinks the incoming Senate Democratic majority understands the need for moderation.

The Governor received about 3.4 million votes, the largest number that any governor has ever received. The approximately 59 percent of the vote he received was the eighth-highest share of the vote for any governor in state history. Voter turnout was significantly higher than in recent midterm elections.  About 5.7 million people cast a ballot in New York this year, up from the 3.9 million in 2014 and 4.7 million in 2010.]

The Governor explained why he thought the incoming Senate Democratic Majority would not push its agenda too far, too fast.  He said:

“I think she [incoming Senate Majority Leader Andrew Stewart-Cousins] understands the complexity … and she feels it, and her conference is a sophisticated conference. The people who won, these were very smart candidates, they’re sophisticated candies, so they understand that they have to represent the district, but they also understand that the conference has to represent the body politic statewide.”