The majority of the New York Assembly wants Andrew Cuomo to resign and will impeach him if he doesn't
saying the governor should resign. But he showed no signs of heeding them, saying that some episodes described in the report never happened, others were misconstrued or mischaracterized and the whole exercise was tainted.
At least 40 of the Assembly members who say they are ready to start impeachment proceedings are Democrats. As complaints and investigations accumulated in recent months, Cuomo became an embattled but unabashed figure. He often still touts the state's handling of the pandemic despite now-rising infection rates amid a national surge in the more infectious Delta variant.could launch an impeachment trial"in weeks," Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris told the AP.
The 150-member Assembly would need 76 votes to impeach Cuomo and send articles of impeachment to the Senate. The Assembly includes 106 Democrats, 43At least two dozen Assembly Democrats called for impeachment in public statements issued Tuesday, according to a tally compiled by the AP. Some said the Assembly should vote for impeachment now, while others said the chamber should impeach Cuomo if he doesn't resign.
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