Posted on 02/13/2021 2:57:41 AM PST by USA Conservative
Fourteen New York Democrats are seeking to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of emergency powers granted to him throughout the COVID-19 pandemic after a top aide revealed his administration withheld data about nursing home deaths in New York from Justice Department investigators.
"Without exception, the New York State Constitution calls for the Legislature to govern as a co-equal branch of government. While COVID-19 has tested the limits of our people and state-- and, early during the pandemic, required the government to restructure decision making to render rapid, necessary public health judgements-- it is clear that the expanded emergency powers granted to the Governor are no longer appropriate," a joint statement by the state Senators said.
"While the executive's authority to issue directives is due to expire on April 30, we urge the Senate to advance and adopt a repeal as expeditiously as possible."
Supporters of the measure included Sens. Alessandra Biaggi, Jabari Brisport, Samra Brouk, Jeremy Cooney, Andrew Gounardes, Robert Jackson, John Liu, John Mannion, Rachel May, Elijah Reichlin-Melnick, Gustavo Rivera, Julia Salazar, James Sanders and James Skoufis.
In March 2020, New York passed legislation to expand Cuomo's executive powers to issue directives to quell the spread of COVID-19, which ravaged the state in the early months of the pandemic.
But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are losing faith in Cuomo's ability to be transparent and trustworthy, after Melissa DeRosa, secretary to the governor, revealed on a call with Democratic lawmakers Thursday that Cuomo's administration feared the data about COVID-19 deaths could "be used against us" by the DOJ in the midst of its federal probe initiated against four states regarding nursing home deaths, including New York.
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Yes. And arrest for manslaughter.
Where are the 24,000 plus family members of the 12,000 elderly murdered by this scumbag? Lawyer up and crush this pr###
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I suspect there's more to this than their great concern for old dead white people...
You need to check your flippancy!
Those now dead were someone’s mother, father, grandparents, etc
And I need to check my ‘knee jerk’ reflex
Sorry with my quick answer......
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Get a rope.
Aw, go easy on Andrew! He’s just doing what he does best; being the godfather.
It’s a start, but what we really need is war crimes trails, and not just for Sfaccim’ Junior.
I wonder if there is pressure somewhere from the families of Cuomos dead being applied that we’re not seeing to the effect that Evil Eyes must be tossed under the bus?
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