Why Not Just Recall Cuomo? What Good Is A Governor If He Cannot Use The Powers Of His Office?

Written By BlabberBuzz | Wednesday, 03 March 2021 10:00 PM
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Why Not Just Recall Cuomo? What Good Is A Governor If He Cannot Use The Powers Of His Office?

The New York State Legislature declared Tuesday it has struck a deal to cancel Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s emergency authorities amid two scandals concerning how he purportedly handled New York’s CCP virus response and claims of sexual harassment.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, both Democrats, made the announcement but did not elaborate on when a vote will be carried.

“I think everyone understands where we were back in March and where we are now,” Stewart-Cousins said. “We certainly see the need for a quick response but also want to move toward a system of increased oversight.”

She added, “The public deserves to have checks and balances. Our proposal would create a system with increased input while at the same time ensuring New Yorkers continue to be protected.”

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The deal was reached to momentarily block Cuomo’s emergency powers that were given to him during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, published a report in January that found that New York under-counted nursing home deaths in the state by as much as 50 percent, while the New York Post later informed that one of his associates, Melissa DeRosa, confirmed to lawmakers in a private setting that the administration hid nursing home data last summer due to a federal examination.

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Then, Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Democrat, charged Cuomo with threatening him in a phone call after the NY Post’s report.

But now, Cuomo—who received fervent coverage in 2020 from mainstream news outlets including CNN, where his sibling Chris Cuomo works as an anchor, over his COVID-19 response—is facing charges from three different women who stated that he allegedly harassed them.

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Lindsey Boylan, the former deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo, and Charlotte Bennett, another former aide to the governor, have blamed Cuomo for sexual harassment. Earlier this week, Anna Ruch told the New York Times that Cuomo made untoward advances toward her in 2019.

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Democrats in New York and around the United States have not hurried to his side to back, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) outlining the allegations as believable. It’s left the governor isolated from his usual allies.

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A growing number of New York Democrats have called on the governor to leave or even be impeached.

In response to the claims, the governor rejected he sexually harassed the women but noted that his “interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended.”

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“I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that,” he continued.

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