New York lawmakers pass bill to limit Cuomoâs executive power
By MARINA VILLENEUVE The Associated Press,Updated March 5, 2021, 8:10 p.m.
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Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York, pauses while speaking during a news conference in New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) â The New York Legislature has passed a bill to limit Gov. Andrew Cuomoâs emergency powers at a time when heâs facing sexual harassment allegations and scrutiny over his administrationâs reporting of deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes.
Democrats who have expressed disappointment in the governor in recent days have trumpeted the bill as a ârepealâ of Cuomo's emergency powers. Those powers are set to sunset at the end of April when the state of emergency ends, unless the Legislature acts to end it sooner.