{"id":192062,"date":"2021-03-06T05:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T10:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192062"},"modified":"2021-03-06T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:06:08","slug":"new-york-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-strip-cuomo-of-pandemic-emergency-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-strip-cuomo-of-pandemic-emergency-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Lawmakers Approve Bill to Strip Cuomo of Pandemic Emergency Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-strip-cuomo-of-pandemic-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=192062&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--><p>New York lawmakers voted on Friday to approve a bill to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of special temporary pandemic powers granted to him during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat-majority Senate voted to repeal temporary powers that were granted to Cuomo in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/s5357\">S. 5357<\/a>, would revoke Cuomo\u2019s ability to issue new COVID-19 related directives.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, directives that Cuomo had issued and are currently still in enforcement will continue with much greater legislative oversight. He can still extend or change directives that are currently in effect but will need five days\u2019 notice to lawmakers or local elected officials before the changes go into effect.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also provides legislators the ability to end the state of emergency, something that only Cuomo had authority to decide on previously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone understands where we were back in March [2020] and where we are now,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said in a statement. \u201cWe certainly see the need for a quick response but also want to move toward a system of increased oversight and review. The public deserves to have checks and balances. This legislation creates a system with increased input while at the same time ensuring New Yorkers continue to be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s passing comes as Cuomo faces two major scandals that have seen growing pressure from both Republicans and Democrats for him to step down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/6-new-york-democrats-call-for-cuomos-impeachment_3718407.html\">Six\u00a0New York\u00a0Democrats<\/a> on March 2 issued a letter calling for his impeachment\u00a0over his handling of the state\u2019s pandemic response and sexual harassment allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>The 63-year-old New York governor is accused of harassment by three women, two of whom are his former aides. He has also been under fire for withholding COVID-19 death data from state lawmakers and the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3656557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/New-York-nursing-home-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emergency medical workers are seen unloading a patient outside a nursing home in Brooklyn, New York, on April 18, 2020. (Justin Heiman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s administration in March 2020 ordered nursing homes to take back residents or take in new residents\u2014even if they had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether the policy led to additional deaths. Yet state officials refused to disclose how many nursing home residents died in hospitals, only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/covid-19-deaths-among-new-york-nursing-home-residents-rise-by-40-percent_3677257.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealing the figure<\/a>\u00a0after the state\u2019s attorney general issued a scathing investigative report in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also rebuffed queries from state legislators on the data,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-yorks-cuomo-releases-full-transcript-of-aides-speaking-with-legislators_3701772.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a>\u00a0it could \u201cbe used against us\u201d by former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zachary Stieber contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\">\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/covid-19-deaths-among-new-york-nursing-home-residents-rise-by-40-percent_3677257.html\">COVID-19 Deaths Among New York Nursing Home Residents Rise by 40 Percent<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-yorks-cuomo-releases-full-transcript-of-aides-speaking-with-legislators_3701772.html\">New York\u2019s Cuomo Releases Full Transcript of Aides Speaking With Legislators<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York lawmakers voted on Friday to approve a bill to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of special temporary pandemic powers granted to him during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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