On Sunday, one of New York’s most powerful Democratic lawmakers issued a statement calling for Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was caught in two major scandals, to step down.
Cuomo is facing several charges of sexual harassment and a federal investigation into his government’s count of COVID-19 deaths linked to nursing homes.
State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Yonkers Democrat, said in a statement that the charges are “moving away from government business”.
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“New York is still in the middle of the pandemic and still faces the social, economic and health impacts of it [the virus]”, she said.” We need to govern without daily distraction. For the good of the state, Governor Cuomo must resign. “
The Associated Press, citing an unidentified source, reported that Cuomo had a brief phone conversation with Stewart-Cousins and told her that he would not resign and that if they wanted him out of office, they would have to prosecute him. it.
Since the Stewart-Cousins declaration, more state lawmakers have come forward and are calling for his resignation.
According to a Fox News count, a total of 37 legislators from the state Senate or Assembly want him to step down and 10 have called for impeachment.
To dismiss the acting governor, the Assembly needs a majority vote of 150 members, and the state Senate – where there would be a conviction – would need a two-thirds majority of the court members, which would consist of senators and judges from state appeals court.
Cuomo categorically denied some of the charges against him and his office denied changing the death count in nursing homes.
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State officials now estimate that more than 15,000 residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in New York may have died of coronavirus – far more than the estimated 6,400 state officials previously reported, according to a story published in the Thursday night by Wall Street Newspaper.
Cuomo was once embraced by many in the media and was seen as the moderate Democrat who could one day be the party’s presidential candidate.
Progressive columnist David Sirota of The Guardian said that waiting until “the harassment is investigated” would be to ignore what he called Cuomo’s “other big scandal”.
“Cuomo must face impeachment and calls to resign because 15,000 people died in nursing homes while he helped his donor protect nursing home executives from legal consequences and withholding victim data,” tweeted Sirota on Wednesday.
Lindsey Boylan, one of Cuomo’s accusers, accessed Twitter on Saturday after another woman introduced herself and posted: “Resign, you disgusting monster.”
Brie Stimson, Remy Numa and Fox News’ Associated Press contributed to this report.