By John Camera Middletown
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“It’s quite clear that Governor Cuomo enacted this legislation to shut us up and get us off the streets without intending to have a true and honest dialogue,” said Luisa Fuentes, a local attorney.
She, along with fellow attorney Michael Sussman, authored a letter to Cuomo. They, along with 311 others who signed it, are calling for the April 1 deadline for Executive Order 203 to be extended.
“I wrote this letter with Luisa Fuentes because many of us around the region felt that communities were not doing justice to the intent of this, nor to it’s spirit, and that in fact, in the end, this would boomerang and create more anger, Sussman said.
Why Biden s Stance on Cuomo Could Be Key PUBLISHED 1:38 PM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 1:38 PM EDT Mar. 17, 2021
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More than a decade ago, a Democratic president s allies delivered an uncomfortable message to an embattled Democratic New York governor: For the good of the party, don t seek re-election. The president then was Barack Obama. The governor, David Paterson.
The move to sideline Paterson benefited the ambitious attorney general at the time, Andrew Cuomo.
Could history repeat itself? President Joe Biden, the defacto head of the Democratic Party, is yet to call for Cuomo to resign or not run for re-election. But in an interview with
UPDATED 9:33 PM ET Mar. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:23 PM ET Mar. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:23 PM EDT Mar. 16, 2021
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The impeachment investigation into the numerous scandals facing Governor Andrew Cuomo is progressing, but some might argue not very quickly.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said it is important that this investigation continue without time constraints.
“I do think it should be done expeditiously,” Speaker Heastie said. “But to say you have to come back with a decision in a week, or two weeks, or a month, would be unfair to the process of an investigation. I don t have an answer as to how long.
State Republican Party Chair Nick Langworthy criticized Democratic lawmakers, saying that they are trying to drag out the impeachment process in order to give majority leaders leverage during budget negotiations.
PUBLISHED 11:34 AM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:34 AM EDT Mar. 17, 2021
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the single dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday at an event with prominent supporters of his in the Black community, and he urged New Yorkers to get whichever version of the vaccine that is made available to them.
The governor received the vaccine at a church in Harlem as the state has expanded eligibility to include more people, including public-facing non-profit workers, public-facing government workers and business service employees, flanked by Black state lawmakers, clergy, and advocates.
The event was closed to the press due to COVID restrictions, according to Cuomo s office, and featured prominent supporters lavishly praising the governor, including NAACP New York President Hazel Dukes and former Rep. Charlie Rangel.
PUBLISHED 8:32 PM ET Mar. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:32 PM EDT Mar. 15, 2021
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The NYS Senate and Assembly passed their one house budgets on Monday, each proposing more than $200 billion in spending. These one house budgets will not be finalized as is, but if enacted would be one of the largest spending plans in New York’s history.
To put it in perspective, California’s state budget for 2020-2021 was $202.1 billion and California has nearly double the population.
In contrast, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal outlines $178 billion in spending.
At the same time, despite slight differences, the Senate and Assembly budget proposals are very similar, potentially giving Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins more bargaining power in the budget process when they go into a (perhaps virtual) room with Governor Andrew Cuomo.