The New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee has launched an impeachment investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo "to examine allegations of misconduct against Governor Cuomo," Speaker of the House Carl Heastie announced Thursday evening.
The allegations of misconduct are a recent cascade of MeToo accusations of sexual harassment from six women, some of whom were working for Cuomo at the the time of the alleged misconduct. The women have accused the governor of asking inappropriate questions, making sexually explicit comments, non-consensual kissing, and most recently, groping.
The accusations have led to a growing chorus calling on the governor to resign, most recently from New York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio. But Cuomo has refused, leading New York Assembly leadership to open its impeachment inquiry.
The problem is, they're not trying to impeach Cuomo for his most grievous actions.
These are serious allegations, and they should be investigated. But in the media's eagerness to cover this cascade of sexual misconduct, it has completely forgotten about the real reason the governor should resign or be impeached: his role in the deaths of the state's elderly and—as we're now learning—the developmentally disabled.
For while the governor was being lauded on cable news every night, yukking it up with his brother on CNN and earning an Emmy for his book on his own leadership through the pandemic, senior citizens were dying in shocking numbers in the Empire State, their deaths linked to a March order originating from the Governor's office that required nursing homes to accept any patient, even those who tested positive for COVID. And in forcing nursing homes to deal with COVID positive cases, Cuomo essentially lit a match at a gas station. Thousands of New York's seniors died. The order was ultimately rescinded, but it was too late; 15 percent of the state's nursing home residents have died of the virus.
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