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ALBANY The name of former Gov. William Sulzer, who briefly ruled Albany more than a century ago, generally finds its way into conversations on two specific occasions.
One is whenever an incumbent governor is accused of some serious misdeed. Sulzer remains the only of New York s 56 governors to have ever been impeached. The story of his removal in 1913 has appeared in dozens of newspapers on each of the two more-recent occasions when the prospect of a new impeachment trial has appeared plausible.
The other occasion is when somebody visits the Capitol’s Hall of Governors. Sulzer’s portrait stands out from all of the others, due to its massive size, its gloomy nature and the former governor’s eerie stare “equal parts Casanova and Karloff,” the Times Union described it when the hall was opened to the public in 2011.
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Assembly GOP introduces resolution calling for Cuomo s impeachment
ALBANY The state Assembly’s Republican conference is introducing a resolution to begin the process of impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a three-term Democrat.
The move, which has no chance of being approved given the solid Democratic majorities in both houses of the New York Legislature, is a sign that Cuomo’s critics continue to feel emboldened as the governor remains embroiled in controversy over his decisions about the spread of Covid-19 in nursing homes.
“The Cuomo Administration’s nursing home cover-up is one of the most alarming scandals we’ve seen in state government,” Minority Leader Will Barclay said in a statement. “Intentionally withholding critical information from the public, underreporting fatality numbers by 50 percent and the recent revelation they hid the truth to avoid a federal Depart
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