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The politicians breaking ranks with Cuomo and asking him to resign include a batch of progressive Democrats in the Legislature — as well as Kathleen Rice, a Democratic member of Congress from Long Island. Many Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, have called for Cuomo's resignation. But McLaughlin has faced high-profile complaints of his own. In September 2017, amid McLaughlin's initial run for county executive, the Times Union published audio of a female legislative aide on the phone with McLaughlin accusing him of roughing her up — a claim McLaughlin denied and th...

A collective of former New York state legislative employees on Monday denounced Andrew Cuomo’s apology for his past behaviour, after the governor was accused of sexually harassing multiple women, and called for his removal or resignation. Members of the Sexual Harassment Working Group also said they expected more allegations to follow – and accused Cuomo of “ gaslighting” his accusers. Letitia James, the state attorney general, meanwhile,...

North country legislators react to latest Cuomo accusation New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo from July, 2020. (Source: Credit: mpi43/MediaPunch/IPX via AP) By Scott Atkinson | February 27, 2021 at 9:30 PM EST - Updated February 27 at 9:58 PM State senator Patty Ritchie, Republican of Heuvelton, joined four other female state senators in urging “Attorney General Letitia James appoint a Special Prosecutor to review all of these recent allegations.” “Tonight’s New York Times story describes behavior by Governor Cuomo that if true, is disturbing and completely unacceptable fo...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Mike Groll New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker faced a panel of furious state lawmakers on Thursday who wanted to know why the Cuomo administration took so long to release a more accurate number of COVID-related nursing home deaths. For months they sat on the information that nearly 15,000 individuals died in state nursing homes because, a Cuomo aide revealed in a leaked call, they feared a DOJ investigation.  “We now know, not directly from you but from others in the administration, that that data was deliberately withheld for reasons that I would term ar...

New York: Pro-Suppressor Legislation Introduced Ammoland Inc. Posted on Albany, NY – On January 28 th, Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt (R, C, IP) reintroduced legislation that seeks to legalize suppressor ownership and hunting in the state of New York.  Senate Bill 3196, which is backed by the American Suppressor Association, has been referred to the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. If enacted, S. 3196 would bring New York in line with the 42 states where suppressors are legal to own and the 40 states that currently allow hunters to use suppressors in the field. “...