NYS legislature set to revoke Cuomo's pandemic powers today
The New York State Senate and Assembly plan on Friday to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sweeping emergency powers enacted under the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The New York State Senate and Assembly plan on Friday to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sweeping emergency powers enacted under the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt said he has been pushing to rescind Cuomo's executive powers but called this legislation a 'bogus bill.'
Share Source: AP Photo/Seth Wenig New York Democrats pledged to strip Gov. Cuomo of his emergency powers. But when time came to actually strip him of powers, they compromised. Last year the state legislature granted the governor pandemic powers that essentially let him create or suspend any law he wants as it related to COVID-19. But Gov. Cuomo is no longer a COVID hero. He's got two scandals to his name - one regarding his administration's decision to withhold the number of COVID-related nursing home deaths, and the other being a string of sexual harassment allegations. The Democrats had...
The state Legislature will repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo's emergency powers. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Buffalo, and Assembly Speaker Carl He
Two prominent Democrats within the New York State Legislature announced late Tuesday afternoon that legislation was expected to pass that would pull back