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NEW YORK (AP) — The threat of impeachment helped push New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to...

With Cuomo “Reeling” During Budget Season, State Lawmakers Are Poised To Take Power arrow Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins walks in the Senate Chamber as members meet on the opening day of the 2021 legislative session in Albany on January 6, 2021. Hans Pennink/AP/Shutterstock “I am the government,” Governor Andrew Cuomo famously declared in 2011 during his first term. The statement isn’t as hyperbolic as it sounds. The New York State Constitution and subsequent case law allow the governor to dictate how money is spent, and there isn’t much the ...

arrow Last March, as New York officials attempted to contain several dozen confirmed cases of COVID-19, the state legislature granted special new powers to Governor Andrew Cuomo to fight a pandemic that would soon kill hundreds of New Yorkers every day. Some of those same legislators who voted in favor of the powers are now calling to repeal them. Others say that Governor Cuomo should face impeachment hearings for decisions made using his new authority. How has Governor Cuomo used these powers? How long do they last? And who will make vitally important decisions in the midst of a pandemic if ...

High CO2 is a good proxy for poor ventilation. This little instrument looks like it could be useful. * * * “A Reader’s Guide to Safety & Adverse Event Data From Vaccine Trials” [Hilda Bastian, PLOS]. Lots of good tips. Here’s one: “Solicited adverse events are a list of events/symptoms that participants are specifically asked to record. If that’s not done in a consistent, structured way, the rate of adverse events is likely to be under-estimated. The less thoroughly researchers look, the fewer they’ll find – and the rate of adverse events they report could be artificially low....

New York lawmakers will seek to curb the sweeping emergency powers afforded to Governor Andrew Cuomo in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic after backlash widened over how his administration handled nursing-home deaths.