Albany doesn’t have Andrew Cuomo to kick around anymore. But it could take years to expel his loyalists — and move on from his alleged misdeeds.
Denizens of the New York State Capitol celebrated on Tuesday afternoon, with longtime foes of the soon to be former governorand pondering a future without Cuomo at the top. There was widespread praise for incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul, with many expressing an eagerness to move past the distractions of the past six months.
And it’s all but guaranteed that the various investigations into Cuomo will drag on for months or even years, occasionally drowning out whichever issues Hochul might want to focus on. Cuomo is facing investigations by five district attorney’s offices that are looking into his alleged sexual misconduct, and federal authorities are said to be inquiring about other scandals that unfurled over the past year.
“We may very well have the authority to do that, and I wouldn’t discount that for a moment,” said Lavine, the chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. It would be “moot” and not meaningful, he said, but acknowledged “there would be the opportunity in a court of impeachment to prohibit him from ever again occupying statewide office.”
Consider Linda Lacewell, the superintendent of the Department of Financial Services and one of the most powerful unelected officials in the state. Lacewell has been known for years as the governor’s personal “ It’s also possible that his legal fees could turn out to be negligible. There’s a provision in state law that essentially says that, if public officials are acquitted or have criminal charges dropped, then taxpayers will cut them a check to cover the costs. The campaign committee controlled by former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, for example,Senate Deputy Leader Mike Gianaris has spent years sponsoring a bill that would end this opportunity for reimbursements.
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