Gov. Andrew Cuomo leaves office at 11:59 p.m. this evening amid a series of bruising scandals and controversies, resigning amid allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by 11 women. 

But on Saturday and Sunday, that was seemingly a distant concern for the state's response to the hurricane that hit the northeast this weekend. 

The storm dumped record rainfall on the New York City area and led to the evacuation of parts of Suffolk County. And for the final 72 hours or so of his 10 years in office, Cuomo once again got to perform the role he has often embraced: emergency-manager-in-chief. 

"There's only so much we can do. It's up to you," Cuomo said on Sunday after once again telling a well-worn parable about a drowning man refusing government assistance. "You know the areas that are going to flood. You know the areas that Sandy affected, Irene affected, Lee affected. Please act responsibly."

Cuomo for the last decade has responded to a variety of storms and disasters with a combination of brio and hands-on involvement, often showing up to highway barns amid pending snowstorms or helping a hapless driver or two while clad in a personalized windbreaker. 

He took reporters in National Guard helicopters to survey damage after Tropical Storm Lee cut a path of destruction through the Hudson Valley and walked through a half-flooded tunnel after Superstorm Sandy. 

Cuomo is leaving office in less than 24 hours, the end of a two-week period with the stated intent of giving Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul enough time for a transition. Hochul and her team, Cuomo insisted, were being briefed during the storm response. 

Cuomo this weekend only wanted to take on-topic questions from reporters, a request that was promptly ignored by the press. 

He defended the two-week transition period, suggested the investigation into the harassment complaints leveled against him were political. And he wanted to leave little doubt as to who was still calling the shots. 

“I am governor today and I am in charge,” he said.