Andrew Coumo To Claim Exoneration In TV Ad Blitz

The New York Daily News reports:

He’s coming back to your TV. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been creeping back into the public spotlight recently, will feature in a new round of advertisements beginning on Monday, his spokesman said.

The ad campaign appears to be focused on rehabilitating Cuomo’s tarnished image after a torrent of sexual harassment allegations drove him out of office six months ago. It was not clear if any campaign would follow the spots, but Cuomo had more than $16 million in his campaign coffers last month.

In a statewide Siena College poll published Tuesday, 33% of voters said they viewed Cuomo favorably and 60% said they viewed him unfavorably. While 25% of the respondents said they believed Cuomo had been vindicated, 56% said they did not.

The New York Post reports:



Cuomo’s campaign confirmed it had commissioned “a number of ads” in response to questions from the paper after The Post independently obtained one of the commercials.

The 30-second spot reviewed by The Post selectively strings together snippets from TV reports about the outcomes in those cases to bolster Cuomo’s continued claims of exoneration.

It highlights recent decisions by five district attorneys to not bring charges against Cuomo for sexual harassment for technical reasons.