The New York state senate passed a bill today that greatly reduces Governor Andrew Cuomo’s emergency powers while adding legislative oversight to the emergency orders that are currently in place. This move, which has been anticipated for a three weeks, demonstrated bipartisanship with every Democrat voting in favor of hampering the de facto leader of their party in the state.
There was some dissent. 20 Republicans voted against the measure, not because they do not agree with reining in Cuomo’s authority following his various coronavirus follies, but because they did not feel the measure is strong enough. According to The Post Millennial:
All Democrats voted in favor of the measure, but 20 Republicans voted against it simply because they believed it didn’t go far enough.
According to New York State Senate: “the legislation revokes the Governor’s authority to issue new directives while allowing those that are now enforced and that pertain to preserving public health to continue under significantly greater legislative oversight.”
This is something that was talked about earlier this week as the New York state legislature arranged some kind of deal on the topic.
According to The Hill, the New York State Assembly is slated to pass a similar bill (as of writing they’re currently debating it). It would go to Governor Cuomo’s desk for him to sign. If he doesn’t, Senate Democrats have a supermajority in order to override any potential veto.
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