Investigations by state lawmakers into the controversies facing Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the last several months should continue, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Tuesday.
"I'm interested, as I'm sure many people are, in knowing what else the governor could be held accountable for and we should be able to get some further indication what else the governor could face in the upcoming days," Stewart-Cousins said in a Capital Tonight interview.
The Assembly's impeachment investigation, led by the Judiciary Committee, earlier this year moved to probe the sexual harassment allegations facing the governor, but also the controversies surrounding nursing home reporting by the administration, as well as the use of government resources used to help Cuomo write his book about the pandemic.
"The Assembly's investigation was always a bit more far-reaching than the attorney general's investigation," she said. "But I want to be clear the attorney general's investigation, the corroborative evidence from these 11 women who were able to stand up was convincing enoughf for most New Yorkers that the governor should no longe remain in office."
It's not yet clear if lawmakers will move to bar Cuomo from running for office again in New York. A snap impeachment process between now and the time Cuomo leaves office in 13 days would be difficult, if not unconstitutional, for the Legislature given the timeline required.
Nevertheless, lawmakers have signaled they want to press forward with the investigation as signaled by all of the Republicans who sit on the Judiciary panel.
"I think we should look to see if there's anymore to learn over what has happened in the last few months," Stewart-Cousins said.