Posted on 05/16/2020 7:55:57 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A Western New York law firm has sued Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Attorney General Letitia James for alleged “abuse of power” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
HoganWillig PLLC filed a lawsuit this week after the state hit them with a “cease and desist” order for continuing to allow employees to report its office in Getzville, N.Y. The firm said Cuomo’s executive orders shutting down non-essential businesses violated the U.S. Constitution and accused James of resorting to “scare tactics” in threatening civil and criminal penalties.
“Defendants, in a disturbing and gross abuse of their power, have seized the COVID-19 pandemic to expand their authority by unprecedented lengths, without any proper constitutional, statutory or common law basis therefore,” a complaint said Wednesday.
HoganWillig said it was designated as an “essential business” in late March by the New York State Department of Economic Development and allowed to continue conducting essential services in person. Cuomo’s order said lawyers may continue working remotely, but any in-person work will be limited to “work only in support of essential businesses or services."
HoganWillig received a “cease and desist” from AG James’ office for allegedly violating the order in April. The law firm argued James is “standing in the way of individuals who aren’t equipped to participate in video conferences and depositions at home.”
New York state remains under a stay-at-home order through May 28, with non-essential businesses closed. Some regions have been allowed to begin phase one of reopening some industries, but Western New York — where HoganWillig has offices in Buffalo, Getzville and three other cities — has not met all seven criteria for Cuomo’s restart plan.
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Here in Ohio if you buy something...and it doesn’t fit, is damaged etc. you cannot return it.
Also sue him for talking really slow and enunciating every word like we are all developmentally disabled. That has got to be some kind of a hate crime.
Where are the WRONGFUL DEATH lawsuits against this mass murderer of NY seniors?
Cuomo apparently felt that the elderly on Pensions were nonessential to his financial plans.
Cuomo is a Mass Murderer, but... he’s a Democrat so it’s just part of the job.
This and another friend is working on a second.
We are looking for more reasons to file more.
There are a ton of reasons, we just need facts based on Law to sue this tyrant
Sue the bastards in regular court and in civil court until they bleed the bastards dry.
Then start class action suits and bleed them even more.
Serve them with a summons when they leave their apartments and when the go into their offices and when they come out of their offices.
My wife has about 20 church members/people/homes each week end. She just finished her calls and one woman said she was going to shop for clothes.
My wife bought up the issue of curbside/delivery for clothes, shoes just doesn’t work for her.
The lady, she was calling also, then decided that curbside/delivery for clothes, shoes just didn’t work for her.
Inslee can smoothly pivot to murder hornets to keep his lockdown going - but the other governors have to come up with excuses better than the virus, and fast. :)
Good! Sue the bitch and James too.
It took me a while to realize this, but the largely arbitrary designation of a business as “non-essential” is basically a death sentence. Politicians should never have been allowed to have this power.
Meanwhile Target, WalMart and Home Depot all somehow got deemed essential and are thriving... I wonder why? Maybe you get a special pass if you’re a mega-billion dollar corporation capable of bribing politicians. You go to these places, and it’s like Mardi Gras celebration. They are making more money than ever.
This is patently unfair.
Justice dictates that every “non-essential” business should be allowed to sue the government for redress - and enough monetary compensation to put them back in business.
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