How Andrew Cuomo became 'maybe the most powerful governor' in U.S.

We do not have co-equal branches of government in the state of New York,I have many times said that the state of New York is less of a democracy and more of a monarchy, at least that’s what it feels like. In the past six months or so, the governor has amassed an enormous amount of power during the course of the pandemic. It just adds and tacks onto the power that he already has."

if you’re voting against $40 million in relief for New Yorkers, even if you’re voting against it because you didn’t want the governor’s powers to be expanded, that wouldn’t be the story."