On his last day as Governor of New York Monday, Andrew Cuomo defended his record over a decade and portrayed himself as the victim of a “media frenzy.”

In a pre-recorded farewell address - Cuomo boasted of making government effective in his years in office, cited his work battling the COVID-19 pandemic and struck a defiant tone on the sexual harassment allegations that ultimately led to his resignation two weeks ago, a choice he made as he faced likely impeachment battle.

With the three-term Democrat out of the governor's mansion Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will now be the state's first female governor with a private sweating in just after midnight by the state's chief judge.