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As pressure mounts for Andrew Cuomo to resign over dueling scandals, New York's Democratic governor seemed to follow an age-old political playbook by seeing refuge with Black leaders ready to defend him.
Under pressure to resign over a series of mounting scandals, Democratic governors in California and New York are making promises that critics say are only coming now in an effort to generate some positive press amid mounting scandals.
New York's governor responds to the spike in hate crimes since the presidential election of Donald Trump. His plans include a special police unit to stem the flood of incidents.
Eric Schneiderman, the newly appointed New York attorney general, was specially hired to investigate the police deaths of unarmed citizens.
Salons without licenses or that have failed to adequately pay workers for owed wages will be shut down.
