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N.Y. GOP introducing resolution to impeach Gov. Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke during a press conference to discuss the first positive case of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in New York State on March 2, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) said lawmakers will have to try and impeach him if they want him out of office, and it appears they’re heading in that direction.
Republicans in the New York State Assembly unveiled plans to get the ball rolling on impeachment proceedings, in the latest blow from Cuomo’s swirling scandals.
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New polling suggests that beleaguered New York governor Andrew Cuomo could be a drag on New York Democrats in 2022 if he remains in office.
Cuomo, whose administration is in the midst of at least three federal probes into its handling of nursing homes during COVID-19 and who is himself facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has so far refused to leave office.
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“No, there is no way I resign,” Cuomo said Monday, even after New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, called for him to leave office. On Monday, New York Republican state lawmakers said they would introduce an impeachment resolution against Cuomo.
Assemblyman Pat Burke becomes first WNY Democrat lawmaker to call on Gov. Cuomo to resign
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â New York State Assemblyman Pat Burke (D-Buffalo) became the first Democrat lawmaker from Western New York to call for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign on Sunday, following allegations of sexual harassment against the governor.
Burke tweeted that, Gov. Cuomo can no longer be entrusted to lead our state and he must resign.
After these latest allegations against Governor Cuomo, an unacceptable pattern of behavior has been made clear. Governor Cuomo can no longer be entrusted to lead our state and he must resign. Pat Burke (@PatBurkeNY) March 7, 2021