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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 governo...

Created: March 12, 2021 06:53 PM 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 ...

Whats Next in the Cuomo Impeachment Investigation PUBLISHED 9:26 PM ET Mar. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:26 PM EST Mar. 12, 2021 SHARE In 1913, after only 10 months in office, William Sulzer, otherwise known as “Plain Bill,” was impeached. Out of New York’s 56 governors, Sulzer is the only one, so far, that holds this distinction. However, the reasons Sulzer was removed from office are much different than the scandals Governor Andrew Cuomo i...

Created: March 02, 2021 06:37 PM ALBANY, N.Y. (WHEC) — Tuesday evening, the list of women accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment stood at three. News10NBC spoke to a woman who spearheaded the first public hearing on sexual harassment in state government in almost three decades.  Prior to the public hearing, there had not been a hearing about sexual harassment in state government in 27 years.  Then a group of women who say they were harassed by powerful men changed that....