{"id":125749,"date":"2021-02-12T13:18:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125749"},"modified":"2021-02-12T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T18:57:53","slug":"new-york-democrat-state-senators-issue-statement-calling-for-cuomos-emergency-powers-to-be-stripped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-democrat-state-senators-issue-statement-calling-for-cuomos-emergency-powers-to-be-stripped\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Democrat State Senators Issue Statement Calling For Cuomo\u2019s Emergency Powers To Be Stripped"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-democrat-state-senators-issue-statement-calling-for-cuomos-emergency-powers-to-be-stripped%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AC-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>More than a dozen Democrat state senators in New York issued a statement on Friday calling for Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s pandemic emergency powers to be stripped following a bombshell story that broke last night that featured allegations that his administration admitted to covering up the true extent of deaths that occurred in the state\u2019s nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, February 12, 2021 , New York State Senators Alessandra Biaggi, Jabari Brisport, Samra Brouk, Jeremy Cooney, Andrew Gounardes, Robert Jackson, John C. Liu, John Mannion, Rachel May, Elijah Reichlin-Melnick, Gustavo Rivera, Julia Salazar, James Sanders, and James Skoufis issued a joint statement calling for a repeal of the Governor\u2019s authority to issue unilateral directives,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOn March 3rd, 2020, legislation was passed to significantly expand the Governor\u2019s executive powers under an emergency declaration, including giving him the ability to issue directives, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout exception, the New York State Constitution calls for the Legislature to govern as a co-equal branch of government,\u201d the senators said. \u201cWhile COVID-19 has tested the limits of our people and state \u2013 and, early during the pandemic, required the government to restructure decision making to render rapid, necessary public health judgments \u2013 it is clear that the expanded emergency powers granted to the Governor are no longer appropriate. While the executive\u2019s authority to issue directives is due to expire on April 30, we urge the Senate to advance and adopt a repeal as expeditiously as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: 14 Democratic senators issue a joint statement calling for the removal of Cuomo\u2019s emergency powers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mYwFjMeuDB\">pic.twitter.com\/mYwFjMeuDB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonCampbellGAN\/status\/1360267092013031437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The story comes after the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\">reported<\/a> last night:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state\u2019s nursing home death toll from COVID-19 \u2014 telling them \u201cwe froze\u201d out of fear that the true numbers would \u201cbe used against us\u201d by federal prosecutors, The Post has learned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The stunning admission of a coverup was made by secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa during a video conference call with state Democratic leaders in which she said the Cuomo administration had rebuffed a legislative request for the tally in August because \u201cright around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football,\u201d according to an audio recording of the two-hour-plus meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a partial recording obtained by The New York Times, DeRosa told lawmakers,&nbsp;\u201cWe were in a position where we weren\u2019t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, and what we start saying, was going to be used against us and we weren\u2019t sure if there was going to be an investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/12\/nyregion\/new-york-nursing-homes-cuomo.html\">added<\/a> that the revelations have left Cuomo \u201cscrambling to contain the political fallout, as lawmakers of both parties call for censure, including stripping the governor of his emergency powers during the pandemic, federal and state investigations and resignations of Ms. DeRosa and other top officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WOW they apologized to their fellow Democrats \u2014 not for the outrageous cover-up or attacks on people like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaniceDean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JaniceDean<\/a> \u2014 but for the *political* discomfort it caused the party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yYYfqmiymt\">pic.twitter.com\/yYYfqmiymt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1360032883054956548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a dozen Democrat state senators in New York issued a statement on Friday calling for Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s pandemic emergency powers to be stripped following a bombshell &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893310,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4912,4174,3709,3772,6317,3859],"class_list":["post-125749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrat","tag-issue","tag-senators","tag-state","tag-statement","tag-york"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}