Governor Kathy Hochul is the first governor in New York’s history to have her pick for the state’s top judge rejected, but she is not admitting defeat just yet.
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Unions and advocacy groups have also turned their backs on Cuomo, which will hurt him in his pocketbook as well as on the campaign trail. Several, including the AFL-CIO, Hotel Trades, 32BJ and RWDSU, could always be counted on to support his re-election campaigns. Others, like Planned Parenthood, NOW-NYC and NARAL Pro-Choice New York gave the governor the political bonafides he needed to label himself an advocate for women and launch the now-defunct Women’s Equality Party in 2014.
The governor may also face criminal charges. The district attorneys of Albany, Westchester, Nassau and New York counties have stated they will look into opening investigations into the governor’s conduct to assess whether he may be guilty of a crime.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Although Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has not called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign, he has given the green light to the Assembly Judiciary Committee to move forward with an impeachment investigation. Certainly with the backing of the speaker, that gives the entire process a lot more legitimacy,” said local Assemblymember Marjorie Byrnes, who serves on the Assembly Judiciary Committee. “This is something that does concern the entire state.
The seven recent allegations of sexual misconduct against the governor and the alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths have significantly impacted operations in Albany as the assembly prepares for the April 1 budget deadline.