Andrew Cuomo is gone. But his lawless legacy will live on | David Sirota

Had Cuomo not been a sex pest, he would have gotten away with hiding thousands of deaths in nursing homes to protect his donors

The amazing thing about Andrew Cuomo's announcement this week that he is stepping down as governor of New York is not that he left office, it is that it took this long for him to resign. And among the most troubling parts of the interminable saga is how many crimes he and New York politicians normalized in the process - because so many of these officials were complicit, too.

Cuomo resigned in the wake of Attorney General Tish James's report detailing his sexual crimes. But here's the truth that's hard to say aloud: if the New York governor had not been a sex pest, he likely would have gotten away with hiding thousands of people's deaths in nursing homes and shielding his healthcare industry donors from any liability - all while profiting off a $5m book deal and being venerated by liberals and corporate media outlets as a shining star.