Andrew Cuomo actually said...

I take full responsibility.

Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing. And I cannot be the cause of that.

The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing, and therefore that`s what I`ll do.

I have slipped and called people honey, sweetheart and darling. I was joking. Obviously otherwise I wouldn`t have said it on national TV.