{"id":320148,"date":"2021-08-10T01:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-legislature-needs-to-quit-slow-rolling-the-cuomo-impeachment\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T01:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T22:44:16","slug":"ny-legislature-needs-to-quit-slow-rolling-the-cuomo-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-legislature-needs-to-quit-slow-rolling-the-cuomo-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY Legislature needs to quit slow-rolling the Cuomo impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NY Legislature needs to quit slow-rolling the Cuomo impeachment<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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One week after state Attorney General<\/a> Tish James landed her bombshell report on Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s alleged sexual misconduct, New Yorkers learn that the state Assembly is going to try to get to passing articles of impeachment . . . by the end of August. <\/p>\n

Figures: Speaker Carl Heastie greeted James\u2019 report by saying it meant Cuomo \u201chas lost the confidence of the Assembly Democratic majority\u201d and \u201ccan no longer remain in office\u201d \u2014 then gave the gov a week to submit his rebuttal to the Assembly Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

And that committee\u2019s chairman, Charles Lavine (D-LI), said Monday, \u201cLater this month we will discuss the evidence of this investigation in an open and transparent manner.\u201d <\/p>\n

Not \u201clater this week\u201d but \u201clater this month.\u201d Any bets on them missing Heastie\u2019s Aug. 31 deadline? <\/p>\n

This, when lawmakers have more than enough to easily justify impeachment on the gov\u2019s coverup of COVID-related nursing-home deaths (that <\/em>James report landed in January), a coverup that plainly benefited him personally by enabling his $5 million book deal. <\/p>\n

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Perhaps the speaker just hopes Cuomo will quit first so Assembly members don\u2019t have to do all the work of impeachment. Or is he giving the gov more time to shore up his defense? <\/p>\n

Lawmakers have reportedly already rejected Team Cuomo feelers of a deal for no impeachment if the gov drops plans to seek a fourth term next year<\/a> \u2014 but delay can only give the governor hope that such a bargain is still possible.<\/p>\n

And more delays are likely: The state Senate is reportedly only now in talks to hire lawyers with impeachment experience<\/a> to help navigate the process.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, basic work doesn\u2019t get done: The executive branch\u2019s flops on delivering federal rent relief is only the most flagrant failing as the gov devotes all his energies to holding onto office. <\/p>\n

Heastie & Co. need to quit stalling on impeachment and move ahead at full speed. Cuomo needs to know that resignation now is his best hope of avoiding worse.\n <\/p><\/div>\n