Andrew Mark Cuomo resigned today, and about two weeks he'll no longer be the governor

of New York.

It's a pretty huge moment for the state, but also a not insignificant one for the country.

David Friedlander, contributing writer for New York magazine, how did we get here?

Today, I think the governor saw the writing on the wall and realized he couldn't go forward.

Andrew Cuomo is the decade-long governor of New York state.

He comes from the most famous political family in New York.

The Cuomo is the sort of Kennedys of New York.

He has ruled over Albany with an iron fist for the past ten years or so.

And finally today he resigned after numerous corroborated allegations of sexual harassment

came out in a report by the State Attorney General, Patricia James.

The report that Andrew Cuomo himself asked for.

So he asks his Attorney General to conduct a fair impartial investigation into the allegations

against himself.

That's correct.

To be clear, you know, Tish James, the Attorney General, was elected on her own, but

was Andrew Cuomo's hand picked Attorney General, also worth noting.

Another little wrinkle in the story is before he was governor, Andrew Cuomo was Attorney

General.

Through his own powers of that office, he helped run out both the governor and then the governor's

replacement, Elliot Spitzer and David Patterson.

So he is someone who would be very aware of the powers of the Attorney General's office.

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