The story keeps getting worse and worse,
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it is now known that the number of deaths in nursing homes was seriously under reported by as much as 50%.
This is utterly disgraceful and as a leader of such a lying administration the governor has to take his responsibility and step down.
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the only responsible thing remove his ass from power with a recall.
Trump took no responsibility and chose the most corrupt, criminal campaign and administrative "actors" in U.S. history.
NY politics are a cesspool, Trump and his father injected the money to help keep it that way.
Those supporting Trump are attacking Cuomo, who is corrupt, but not anywhere near to the degree he is accused,..
A new broom sweeps clean. No more corporate stooges, please!
Progressives reject "just another" former prosecutor and servant to wealthy private practice clients as suitable Biden judicial nominee...
Biden Pulled Left in Quest for Judges Outside Corporate Law (1)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com › us-law-week › biden-...
1 day ago 02/12/21 — ... Her accomplishments include being named as the
Hispanic National Bar ...
...The Democrat’s judicial push follows four years in which President Donald Trump appointed 234 federal judges, including three Supreme Court justices. ... Now a partner in Denver with the international law firm WilmerHale, Rodriguez worked for seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney, including three as head of the office’s civil division. ...
A
study last year by the liberal C.A.P. found that
only 1% of federal appeals court judges had spent most of their careers as public defenders or legal-aid lawyers, and none had worked ..for a nonprofit civil rights group. More than
70% had spent most of their careers in private practice or as federal prosecutors,.."
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down the appeal from the former speaker of the New York state Assembly without comment, but two Republican justices dissented.
www.courthousenews.com
Jan 25, 2021
"...
Silver was convicted again after the Supreme Court
stiffened the threshold for proving corruption with a
2016 ruling .. Per its custom, the Supreme Court gave no comment in rejecting Silver’s latest appeal Monday. Justices Gorsuch and Thomas
did note, however, that
they would have granted certiorari to consider whether extortion and bribery are conflated in Hobbs Act cases where the defendant is a public official.
..said even Justice Breyer has questioned the judgment of the 1992 case..which ruled demands of public officials were not elements of extortion.
Breyer did not issue any comment Monday..."
en.wikipedia.org
Sheldon Silver (born 1944) is a former
Democratic Party politician,
former Speaker of the NY State Assembly, former attorney, and convicted felon from NY City..the Speaker of the Assembly; he held that position for two decades. ..known as one of the most powerful politicians in the state....
...
Criminal proceedings[edit]
..2015, Silver was re-elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly for the 11th time, with almost unanimous support from the Democratic majority
despite an ongoing federal probe into his outside income.
.. The federal inquiry, which followed the state's
abrupt disbandment of its
Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, focused o
n large payments that Silver received for years from Goldberg & Iryami, a law firm that specialized in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes for real estate developers. Silver was alleged to have persuaded developers who had business with the state to use the firm, which in turn generated $700,000 in referral fees to Silver. ...Similar charges were also filed involving millions of dollars in referral fees that Silver received from the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg....."