{"id":125832,"date":"2021-02-12T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125832"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:27:23","slug":"dems-join-push-to-strip-cuomos-emergency-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-join-push-to-strip-cuomos-emergency-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Join Push to Strip Cuomo\u2019s Emergency Powers"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdems-join-push-to-strip-cuomos-emergency-powers%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=125832&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\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-12-at-1.55.52-PM-e1613156215716.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A bipartisan group of New York lawmakers is calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) to be stripped of his emergency powers as fallout from his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic reaches a boiling point.<\/p>\n<p>The call comes less than a day after the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that a Cuomo aide admitted the administration suppressed information about nursing home deaths in the state. The aide said the administration &#8220;froze&#8221; out of fear that federal prosecutors would use the information&nbsp;in an investigation into Cuomo&#8217;s handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Coronavirus<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/dems-join-push-to-strip-cuomos-emergency-powers\/\"><strong>Dems Join Push to Strip Cuomo&#8217;s Emergency Powers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/pediatricians-say-its-safe-to-open-schools-with-or-without-vaccine\/\"><strong>Pediatricians Say It&#8217;s Safe to Open Schools, With or Without Vaccine<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/dem-gov-hopefuls-side-with-union-in-fight-over-virginia-school-closures\/\"><strong>Dem Gov Hopefuls Side With Union in Fight Over Virginia School Closures<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fourteen Democratic state senators joined Republicans in calling for Cuomo&#8217;s emergency powers, which the state legislature granted him last March, to be rescinded. Sen. John Mannion (D.) <a href=\"https:\/\/cnycentral.com\/news\/local\/democratic-sen-john-mannion-others-call-for-end-to-cuomos-emergency-powers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a>&nbsp;the suppression of the nursing home deaths as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and called for an investigation, while Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/agounardes\/status\/1360068183491756033?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;the situation was&nbsp;&#8220;a betrayal of the public trust.&#8221; State Republican chairman Nick Langworthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickLangworthy\/status\/1360028305081171976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for the governor&#8217;s &#8220;impeachment and prosecution.&#8221; And New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (D.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mayor-de-blasio-joins-calls-for-gov-cuomo-to-lose-emergency-powers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that Cuomo should &#8220;100 percent&#8221; lose the emergency powers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: 14 democratic NY State Senators join republicans in calling for Gov Cuomo&#8217;s pandemic emergency powers to be rescinded. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcbs880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wcbs880<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n80cs6KbwU\">pic.twitter.com\/n80cs6KbwU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mack Rosenberg (@MackRosenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MackRosenberg\/status\/1360270337225748487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-andrew-cuomo-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-nursing-homes-512cae0abb55a55f375b3192f2cdd6b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a> a directive on March 25 that sent more than 9,000 COVID-positive patients to nursing homes, a number that is 40 percent higher than his administration originally said. Cuomo claimed at the time that he was worried hospitals would become overwhelmed by COVID patients. His administration reversed the directive less than two months later, however, because it had contributed to outbreaks in nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo also misled the public about the number of patients who died in nursing homes. The administration originally claimed that 8,500 patients died, but a report released last month by New York attorney general Letitia James (D.) found that the true number is greater than 15,000.<\/p>\n<p>The media lavished extensive amounts of praise on Cuomo&#8217;s handling of the crisis, and the governor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/cuomo-accepts-emmy-as-pandemic-surges\/\">received<\/a> an international Emmy for his COVID-19 press conferences. According to CDC estimates, New York has suffered more than 45,000 deaths from the virus, more than any other state in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo dismissed the attorney general&#8217;s report on the number of nursing home deaths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who cares?&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/cuomo-nursing-home-death\/\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;&#8220;They died!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of New York lawmakers is calling for Gov. 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