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Impeachment investigation set to start this week into multiple allegations surrounding Gov. Cuomo

If 76 members of the Assembly vote for impeachment, then the trial would go to the state Senate. State senators, as well as the state’s Court of Appeals judges, would serve as jurors in an impeachment trial.

News 12 Staff

Mar 14, 2021, 10:28 PM

Updated 1,377 days ago

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An impeachment investigation by the New York Assembly Judiciary Committee is set to begin this week as Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces multiple allegations of inappropriate behavior and a scandal involving nursing home deaths.
A majority of New York’s 150 Assembly members would have to vote to impeach for a trial to happen.
The chamber is controlled by Democrats, although many have called for the governor to resign.
If 76 members of the Assembly vote for impeachment, then the trial would go to the state Senate. State senators, as well as the state’s Court of Appeals judges, would serve as jurors in an impeachment trial.
A two-thirds vote would be required to convict. Political analyst Mike Dawidziak says he "doubts" there are enough votes in the assembly to convict Cuomo as of now.
“Cuomo has always had a very good political organization behind him,” Dawidziak says. “I imagine there is a lot of arm twisting and lobbying going on right now not to vote for impeachment at this point.”
Cuomo has continually said he will not resign and insists the allegations against him are not true.