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Senator O'Mara joins WCNY's 'The Capitol Pressroom' to discuss the State Legislature's failure to rescind Governor Cuomo's emergency pandemic powers (LISTEN)
April 23, 2021
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ISSUE:
- Combating COVID-19 and Protecting New Yorkers; Governor's Emergency Powers; Bars and Restaurants
![Senator O'Mara said the Senate Republican Conference has advanced over 30 legislative amendments to the Senate floor to achieve a straight-out repeal of 'state government by Cuomo executive order.' All of the amendments have been rejected by the Senate's Democratic leadership. he state Senate Republican Conference have advanced over 30 legislative amendments to the Senate floor to achieve a straight-out repeal](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/microphoneicon_7_0.jpg?itok=1HtjdEWj)
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last March, when Cuomo was first granted the emergency authorization, the governor’s nearly 100 Executive Orders have allowed him to unilaterally change hundreds of state laws, as well as implement rules and regulations and make spending decisions, without legislative approval.
On Friday, April 23, Senator O'Mara joined WCNY's "The Capitol Pressroom" to discuss the failure of the state Legislature's Democratic supermajorities to restore legislative checks and balances to New York government by repealing Governor Andrew Cuomo's emergency pandemic powers.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last March, when Cuomo was first granted the emergency authorization, the governor’s nearly 100 Executive Orders have allowed him to unilaterally change hundreds of state laws, as well as implement rules and regulations and make spending decisions, without legislative approval.
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