Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie last week gave the go-ahead for the Judiciary Committee to start an impeachment investigation, but that doesn’t remotely guarantee the …
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie last week gave the go-ahead for the Judiciary Committee to start an impeachment investigation, but that doesn’t remotely guarantee the swift action that New Yorkers deserve. Simply put: Any fair effort to get to the bottom of the avalanche of sexual-harassment allegations could take months — whereas legislators already have all the evidence they need to move to impeach Gov. Cuomo immediately for his nursing-home horrors. Cuomo’s bizarre effort to play the victim of “cancel culture” over the harassment charges is just a taste of how complex any hearings on those issues could turn. And the ongoing probe overseen by Attorney General Tish James can easily add complications, especially if Heastie wants delays because he’d rather negotiate the state budget with a hobbled gov. Indeed, Cuomo already said midweek, “There is no way I resign,” urging New Yorkers to wait at least until James’ chosen investigators complete their work. He may be taking a cue from pols like Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, who waited out the furor over his blackface scandal and survived, as Politico has pointed out. President Bill Clinton, too, finished his second term despite the Monica Lewinsky flap.
