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Soon to be former governor, Andrew Cuomo, has four days left in the two weeks' notice period he generously granted to himself before he finally, mercifully departs from New York State's Executive Chamber.

No doubt he will go out on Tuesday with some characteristically grandiose, delusional statement trumpeting his own greatness, bemoaning his own fate and laying groundwork for what he surely

envisions as his grand comeback. I expect genuine contrition and self-reflection to be scarce. It will be a low moment in

New York politics and for Andrew Cuomo himself. But if you're expecting things to get even more

grim for Cuomo, if you've got visions of handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit, don't bet on it.

Of the 11 complainants discussed in the AG's investigative report,

four of them, Lindsay Boylan, plus three women identified in the report as executive assistant

number one, trooper number one, and state entity employee number one, alleged that Cuomo

touched them in some unwanted non-consensual sexual manner. That conduct, if proven,

would be criminal under New York state laws prohibiting forcible touching, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a maximum

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