Lawmakers: Cuomo Impeachment Process To Be Concluded 'Very Soon'

US News ^ | 8/09/21 | Susan Milligan

[Libloather]

New York lawmakers will start the process toward impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo, leaving the beleaguered Democrat with few options to stay in power amid allegations of sexual harassment and other charges.

State lawmakers will begin reviewing evidence Aug. 16 in a "secure location" and will hold public hearings after Aug. 23 – sessions that will include experts on both the impact of sexual harassment on its victims and on the impeachment process itself – in New York, which has not impeached a governor in more than a century, Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Lavine told reporters Monday.

"We anticipate that this process will be concluded very soon. When I say 'very soon,' I'm talking about several weeks," Lavine, a Democrat, said. He did not provide a timeline for the undertaking to be completed but noted that Cuomo has 30 days to respond to articles of impeachment, should the required simple majority of the full Assembly indeed impeach the three-term governor.

Cuomo has never been popular with lawmakers, who have been put off by the 63-year-old politician's legendary temper and tendency to punish his adversaries. The governor enjoyed a brief period of popularity last year, as both constituents and fellow lawmakers praised his handling of the pandemic and his daily press conferences updating New Yorkers on the fast-moving developments.

[Libloather]

They can make this a pay-per-view event.

[Vigilanteman]

The governor enjoyed a brief period of popularity last year . . .

Funny how RATs applaud the murder of old people by forcing covid patients into nursing homes . . . but don't you dare say the wrong thing.

[PghBaldy]

I remember Fox News carried his daily covid press conferences!

[Steven Tyler]

This will be interesting
NY State congress signed their powers over to the Govenor

[Boomer]

From hero to zero in a New York minute.