Inbox: @MaketheRoadNY condemns Gov. Cuomo's "disastrous" budget. Worth reading these in detail:

On rollbacks to bail reform and failure to help renters:

And what the budget does to immigrants--many of whom are doing those "essential" jobs in the pandemic

In conclusion, disaster authoritarianism isn't limited to Republicans. Cuomo has forced through a wish list of conservative policies and doesn't even have the cover of the IDC holding the Republicans in power in the state senate.

This is not only not separate from his daily image-burnishing press conferences--this is *why he holds those press conferences.* so that he has the poll numbers and ratings to do what he wants.