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The unfolding nursing home crisis that’s got Gov. Andrew Cuomo sweating has left Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a tough position too. He’s remained largely silent as outspoken members of his conference have increasingly supported repealing the governor’s vast emergency powers and as Cuomo attacks one of his own members.
But ahead of what could potentially be a contentious conference on Monday about the governor’s emergency powers, members of the Assembly still appear to be giving him political room to maneuver.
Heastie has for the most part stayed mum about the nursing home COVID-19 death scandal rocking the executive chamber, even as his state Senate counterpart is pushing ahead with legislation to curb Cuomo’s extraordinary powers granted to him at the start of the pandemic. “I think everyone understands where we were back in March and where we are now,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said in a statement. “We certainly see the need for a
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ALBANY (AP) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting challenges to his leadership on the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday as state lawmakers threatened to st
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