{"id":31762,"date":"2021-02-17T15:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31762"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T23:56:08","slug":"ny-state-legislator-claims-cuomo-threatened-him-he-can-destroy-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31762","title":{"rendered":"NY state legislator claims Cuomo threatened him: &#8216;He can destroy me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Assemblyman Ron Kim (D) told CNN on Wednesday that Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/olkmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnttfmlkq_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a=&amp;b=36984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/olkmscfgqttdpcptdkwqqdmmqfdntftvvlqgcrnttfmlkq_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D36984&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613689428441000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkPRYUseSkAnE2HR1Kv_V7_E-BJg\">Andrew Cuomo<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) had threatened him over the phone after he criticized the governor over a pause in the release of data on coronavirus deaths in state nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gov. Cuomo called me directly on Thursday to threaten my career if I did not cover up for Melissa [DeRosa] and what she said. He tried to pressure me to issue a statement, and it was a very traumatizing experience,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/krhfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlltfsvt_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a=&amp;b=36984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/krhfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlltfsvt_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D36984&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613689428441000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtJLBEWZUZOb6TpIsTUD4RGI0QVA\">Kim told CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re in this business together and we don&#8217;t cross certain lines,&#8221; Kim said the governor told him. He also said Cuomo told him that he &#8220;hadn&#8217;t seen his wrath and that he can destroy me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa told state lawmakers during a virtual meeting that the Cuomo administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ibyzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyygzdmy_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a=&amp;b=36984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ibyzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyygzdmy_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D36984&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613689428441000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_0D7bWS2OJmvyaCsUdOO1EJ3gAg\">\u201cfroze\u201d releasing information<\/a>\u00a0on long-term care facility deaths out of concern that the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/scjlwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbbjlkmr_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a=&amp;b=36984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/scjlwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbbjlkmr_dcttcchphftmthmgpdjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D36984&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1613689428441000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECqkcNPc7j8EzQrTokkgNKSM9NPw\">President Trump<\/a>\u00a0would launch a federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No man has ever spoken to me like that in my entire life,&#8221; Kim said of the phone call with Cuomo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Assemblyman Ron Kim (D)&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31763,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762\/revisions\/31763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}