A majority of New York state lawmakers support opening impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo if he doesn’t resign, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
At least 82 of the State Assembly’s 150 lawmakers have backed opening the proceedings publicly or in comments to the AP. Beginning an impeachment would require the approval of a majority of lawmakers in the Assembly, of which 106 are Democrats, 43 Republican, and one Independent.
The tally comes after New York attorney general Letitia James released a scathing report alleging that Cuomo sexually harassed at least eleven women, some of them state employees.
“The conduct by the Governor outlined in this report would indicate someone who is not fit for office,” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, said in a statement on Tuesday. “We will now undertake an in-depth examination of this report and its corresponding exhibits….We will have more to say in the very near future.”
Source: National Review
