SNL skewers Cuomo over NYC mayoral buzz: Moves faster than COVID through a nursing home
It’s an attempt at infectious humor.“Saturday Night Live” tried coughing up some COVID-19-related yuks at the expense of former New York Gov.Andrew Cuomo, who is believed to be eyeing a political comeback as the Big Apple’s next mayor.
“Former New York Gov.Andrew Cuomo is reportedly already interested in running for mayor.
Damn, he moves faster than COVID through a nursing home,” comedian Michael Che ribbed on SNL’s “Weekend Update.”As The Post reported Saturday, Cuomo, 66, is telling close confidantes he intends to run for the mayor’s office if Hizzoner Eric Adams resigns or gets booted while battling a criminal indictment involving an alleged pay-for-play scheme.Cuomo was forced from office himself during a sexual-misconduct scandal in 2021.Adams, 64, was indicted in his own explosive case Tuesday, and the charges could land him up to 45 years behind bars.
He is facing federal bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud raps over allegations he accepted gifts from a foreign government, Turkey, in exchange for favors.“SNL” poked fun at Adams, too, with comedian Devon Walker portraying Hizzoner.“Do I look guilty to you?” the pretend Adams quipped before getting asked about why he was involved with Turkey.“Have you ever had a Turkish delight? It’s a briefcase with $100,000 in it,” he said.The scandal-scarred mayor has denied wrongdoing in the case, contending that he is the victim of a political hit job related to him bucking the White House on the border crisis.
As for Cuomo, in addition to his sex-harass scandal, he was mired in controversy over revelations that his administration dramatically understated the state’s COVID-19 nursing-home deaths under his watch.He had previously ordered the nursing homes to accept patients with COVID-19, mixing them with one of the populations most vulnerable to the deadly virus.The former Empire State governor recently denied to a congressional panel that he had any memory of the now-infamous state ...