These New Yorkers were on the anti-Cuomo train early!
Gov. Andrew Cuomo received a torrent of hate mail from New Yorkers in the days …
These New Yorkers were on the anti-Cuomo train early! Gov. Andrew Cuomo received a torrent of hate mail from New Yorkers in the days after his hand-picked subway boss Andy Byford quit the MTA – with many of the missives blaming the governor’s notoriously ego-driven leadership for the popular Brit’s exit, the Post has learned. The governor received around 225 angry emails and letters in the eight days after Byford’s Jan.23,2020 resignation, which the transit chief blamed on Cuomo becoming “intolerable,” according to correspondence obtained through a Freedom of Information request. “I blame his leaving on your shortsightedness, your ego, your need to control and take credit for the progress made with our subway system,” Philipos Wander emailed Cuomo the day after Byford quit. Under Byford’s leadership, the subways hit their highest on-time performance in six years. He also set in motion the MTA modernization plan currently being pursued by his successors. Neither accomplishment was lost on New Yorkers. “The man has accomplished a lot in his relatively short tenure with the NYC subway. Shame on you for interfering!” Mary Jane Wilkie told the governor in letter dated the day after Byford’s shock resignation last year. “It appears that the political environment has become nothing more than a bunch of guys trotting around unable to control their testosterone.” “It’s a shame you cannot share the spotlight,” wrote Malvina Nathanson. “You owe us all an apology.” Byford blamed Cuomo for his departure from the MTA, which came less than two years after the governor brought him on to steer the subways out of the depths of the 2017 “Summer of Hell.
