It was "a beautiful day here in New York City — 85 degrees, 75 percent humidity, and this afternoon Andrew Cuomo resigned," Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday's Late Show. "Don't let the door hit you on the butt on the way out, but if it does, that door should also resign." Cuomo will still be governor for 14 days "for reasons that I do not understand," he added. "Evidently he gave himself two weeks' notice."
At his press conference, "Cuomo took full responsibility for his actions — sort of?" Colbert said. "In a fitting bit of karma, 14 days from now New York will have its first female governor, current Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul." Amid Cuomo's scandals and Elon Musk's space billboards, "there's one bright, hopeful spot of news in America," thanks to Guy Fieri and his new Apple Pie Hot Dog, he said. "Sure, the Senate's all proud of their trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, but this patriot built a bridge between hot dog and food."
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