Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R-Oswego) called on Democrats to back a GOP plan to create an impeachment commission that would “gather facts and evidence” about the administration’s withholding of data related to the deaths of thousands of seniors and other actions.
Democrat Cuomo is under fire amid claims he purposely under-reported the death toll in the homes
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay tweeted Thursday to say they will introduce a measure to begin the process of forming an Impeachment Commission after it was announced the US attorney is also investigating
Barclay said: The Cuomo Administration s nursing home cover-up is one of the most alarming scandals
The U.S. Justice Department has been examining the New York governor s coronavirus task force and trying to determine whether the state intentionally manipulated data regarding deaths in nursing homes, sources say
Cuomo had said this week: I don t think there s anything to clear here. There is nothing to investigate
New York Assembly Republicans on Thursday began the impeachment process against Governor Cuomo.
The Republican lawmakers announced a resolution to create an impeachment commission, the first step in the process of impeaching and ousting Cuomo.
This announcement comes one day after New York Senate Democrats moved on Wednesday to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of his Emergency pandemic powers.
On Thursday, Assembly Republicans announced a resolution to create an impeachment commission consisting of eight bipartisan members of the legislature. The panel would have 60 days to conduct its work and submit its findings and recommendations to the state legislature.
“The Cuomo Administration’s nursing home cover-up is one of the most alarming scandals we’ve seen in state government,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said in a statement. “It is incumbent upon the Legislature to undertake a comprehensive, bipartisan review of the Cuomo Administration’s policies, decisions an
New York lawmakers could subpoena spokeswoman in Cuomo impeachment push Print this article
New York Assembly Republicans who want to investigate Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his handling of the pandemic would likely subpoena a top aide to the governor.
GOP state lawmakers, currently in the minority of the Assembly, announced on Thursday that they planned to introduce a resolution next week to establish an impeachment commission to carry out this investigation.
“I think the No. 1 [witness] would be his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, who in that bombshell meeting that was reported where she said, ‘We re not releasing the data because we re worried about the Department of Justice investigation, and even worse, we re worried about the political fallout,’” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, a Republican, told the
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