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The Gist

The Cuomo Special

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Gist, we go back into the vaults to our 2023 interview with Melissa DeRosa about her book on working with Andrew Cuomo, What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis. Then we play a Spiel from earlier in the week about Andrew Cuomo failing to get the Democratic nomination for mayor.

Produced by Corey Wara
Production Coordinator Ashley Khan
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0:00.0

Hi, it's Mike. It's Saturday. Saturday show means, well, means different things. But today,

0:08.6

the traditional format, one from the week and one from the vault. And this week I talked a little bit

0:13.3

about Andrew Cuomo's failed campaign for mayor. I had some critiques. A lot of the critiques,

0:19.5

so we'll air that. That's the one from the week.

0:22.1

But then a lot of the critiques were from an interview I did in 2023 with Melissa DeRosa, who was, and still is Cuomo's confidant, top aide, advisor.

0:33.1

And she was out with a book called What's Left Unsaid. And I think at the time I did a two-part interview.

0:39.2

We'll be playing one of those parts.

0:41.0

And I'll tell you, at the time, the two parts were called pushing back on pushing out Cuomo, good title.

0:48.0

And then Andrew Cuomo resigned for this.

0:51.5

Also, good title.

0:53.1

Equally, good titles. I think i think i impressed derosa not that it matters

0:58.9

with my almost obsessive knowledge of what the transcripts and video evidence of the depositions

1:06.2

of the quomo accusers actually said that said said, I gave her such a hard time.

1:11.8

She shouldn't, like, tweet it out approvingly.

1:14.2

But I think that this is all informative

1:17.7

if you still care to contemplate

1:20.8

the political phenomenon that was Andrew Cuomo.

1:25.6

It's not one of those where you say enjoy,

1:28.8

but listen and learn.

1:45.6

Sometimes if you're stalled out in the bedroom or whatever room in your house or someone else's house that you get your business done in.

1:50.0

You might be saying to yourself, hmm, but don't say hmm.

1:51.4

Say hymns.

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