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Top New York lawmakers echo Cuomo's defense against resignation


Top New York lawmakers echo Cuomo s defense against resignation
ALBANY, N.Y. There appears to be no serious move towards impeaching New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a day after the state Senate s majority leader called on the embattled governor to quit.
In the Assembly, where any impeachment proceeding would have to begin, the chamber s highest-ranking women issued a statement that echoed Cuomo’s own arguments against resignation, a sure sign that there is not nearly enough support among the Democratic-dominated chamber s leaders to launch impeachment proceedings.
In the statement, 21 women, all Democrats, wrote that, “Our democracy demands that we be diligent and expeditious in our search for truth and justice. This matter deserves no less degree of care. New York s attorney general, Tish James, is leading an investigation of the allegations. ....

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