Press release:
“When your lieutenant governor is arrested for quid pro quo, and your administration has a reputation for making deals behind closed doors, people have a reason to be concerned about what’s really going on in your administration. While I welcome the resignation of Lt. Gov. Benjamin in light of the charges brought against him, I hope more than anything it will give New Yorkers some pause and make them wonder if four scandalous governorships in a row is a sign we’re due for a change in leadership.”
Steve, The Governor has been
Steve, The Governor has been in office less than a year, You on the other hand have been an assemblyman for 16 years. Why don't you take your Own advice and resign ? step down Steve your leadership sux, you haven't done anything but cry and take up space.....
I agree, every problem in NY
I agree, every problem in NY State has been caused by either Republicans or Democrats for over 150 years. Time for them both to relinquish control
Dave Olsen, what you say is
Dave Olsen, what you say is correct. But the problem is NYC is firmly in the Democratic Party's hip pocket. The 8 million residents will continue to vote any Democrat candidate the party chose to run. Our present governor knows this and will name another NYC resident as a replacement for the Lt. Gov. position.
This looks like to once again
This looks like a good place to once again drop this link.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/cuomo-and-the-urbanite…
Tom; Exactly. Its nothing
Tom; Exactly. Its nothing more than tribalism, they just vote for their guy or gal,and do very little research or thinking about it. Republicans do the same. Then they blame each other for any problems. I'm saying people should wake up to how they are being taken for granted. Put aside party affiliation. Look at the BS with the redistricting, the 2 big, old parties of corruption think they own us. And we don't do much to prove them wrong.
Howard, that was a well done
Howard, that was a well done article, by the way, one can tell you did your research. I don't have the time (or inclination, TBH) at this time to check this out, but I believe initially in NY it was the Assembly that was to seated based on geography instead of population, and I think it is still in the NY Constitution that way. All we'd have to do is repeal the amendment that changed it. Of course, that's probably like the one guy standing in front of the tank column in Tiananmen Square
Thanks, Dave.
Thanks, Dave.
I think the only way to get back to one or the other house being geographically based is for a party with standing to file a lawsuit to overturn Reynolds v. Sims. That would likely need to be a rural voter who feels he or she has no voice in Albany with the funding to see the fight through.
Dave, another law that needs
Dave, another law that needs to be overturned by a lawsuit challenge is the one that allows election commissioners to restrict being a poll watcher or poll employee to only members of either major party. That violates the right to freely associate. You must associate with one party or the other to get a government job. That's not right.
I agree Howard, that is
I agree Howard, that is absolutely not right