During a week that saw another mass shooting at an American school and a series of fake threats against schools in upstate New York, New York Assembly Republicans released their
New York Assembly Republicans on Thursday began the impeachment process against Governor Cuomo.
The Republican lawmakers announced a resolution to create an impeachment commission, the first step in the process of impeaching and ousting Cuomo.
This announcement comes one day after New York Senate Democrats moved on Wednesday to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of his Emergency pandemic powers.
On Thursday, Assembly Republicans announced a resolution to create an impeachment commission consisting of eight bipartisan members of the legislature. The panel would have 60 days to conduct its work and submit its findings and recommendations to the state legislature.
“The Cuomo Administration’s nursing home cover-up is one of the most alarming scandals we’ve seen in state government,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said in a statement. “It is incumbent upon the Legislature to undertake a comprehensive, bipartisan review of the Cuomo Administration’s policies, decisions an
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New York Assembly Republicans who want to investigate Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his handling of the pandemic would likely subpoena a top aide to the governor.
GOP state lawmakers, currently in the minority of the Assembly, announced on Thursday that they planned to introduce a resolution next week to establish an impeachment commission to carry out this investigation.
“I think the No. 1 [witness] would be his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, who in that bombshell meeting that was reported where she said, ‘We re not releasing the data because we re worried about the Department of Justice investigation, and even worse, we re worried about the political fallout,’” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, a Republican, told the
New York Assembly GOP Starts Impeachment Process Against Cuomo With Push for Commission
On 2/18/21 at 3:27 PM EST
New York Assembly Republicans will introduce a measure to form an impeachment commission designed to gather facts and evidence regarding Governor Andrew Cuomo s handling of nursing home deaths during the pandemic.
Nursing home deaths have plagued Cuomo s response to the pandemic as the governor is facing heavy criticism for withholding information from legislators. Some have called for his resignation while others pushed for voters to recall him. Outside of a successful challenger in the 2022 election, the only method of removing Cuomo from office is through impeachment.