The Democrat-majority Senate voted to cancel temporary powers that were granted to Cuomo in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The bill, S. 5357, would repeal Cuomo’s powers to issue new COVID-19 related orders.
Under the proposal, directives that Cuomo had announced and are currently still implemented will continue with much greater legislative supervision. He can still stretch or change directives that are currently in effect but will need five days’ notice to lawmakers or local elected officials before the modifications are executed.
"Today, under this new legislation, the governor will no longer be able to issue any new directives — period," Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said before the vote. "In light of recent events, however, it is clear that we need to move toward a system of increased oversight, review and verification between the Legislature and executive branch, and also limit the powers granted to the governor."
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The bill also gives legislators the power to end the state of emergency, something that only Cuomo had the authority to decide on previously.
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“I think everyone understands where we were back in March [2020] and where we are now,” Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said in a statement. “We certainly see the need for a quick response but also want to move toward a system of increased oversight and review.
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The public deserves to have checks and balances. This legislation creates a system with increased input while at the same time ensuring New Yorkers continue to be protected.”
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The bill’s passing comes as Cuomo meets two major scandals that have been attracting trouble from both Republicans and Democrats for him to step down. Six New York Democrats on March 2 issued a letter calling for his impeachment over his handling of the state’s pandemic response and sexual harassment charges against him.
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The 63-year-old New York governor is accused of harassment by three women, two of whom are his former aides. He has also been under criticism for keeping COVID-19 death data from state lawmakers and the public.
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Cuomo’s administration in March 2020 ordered nursing homes to take back residents or take in new residents—even if they had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
It is unclear whether the policy led to additional deaths. Yet state officials declined to reveal how many nursing home residents died in hospitals, only exposing the figure after the state’s attorney general issued a brutal investigative report in January 2021.
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Officials also rebuffed questions from state legislators on the data, claiming it could “be used against us” by former President Donald Trump’s administration.
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