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Gov. Cuomo Wednesday fired back a warning shot at state Democratic lawmakers who have threatened more aggressive oversight of his administration.
During an interview on upstate public radio’s “The Capitol Connection,” Cuomo noted his administration can investigate local project money lawmakers secure for their districts.
“You can always get into an investigations battle,” he said. “They have oversight committees. I have every state contract, every member-item contract. Every grant that the Legislature does goes through my government, so I can investigate every one of those.”
But such a war, he said, “would be unproductive and a waste.”
Cuomo’s comments came after the Daily News recently reported that Sen. James Skoufis and Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti, who are the new heads of the Senate and Assembly investigation committees, respectively, are among Democrats who say the Legislature hasn’t exerted its constitutional powers as a co-equal branch of government to the extent it should.
Told of the governor’s response Wednesday, incoming Assembly Investigations Committee Chairman Thomas Abinanti (D-Westchester) asked, “What is he afraid of?”
Cuomo warns of investigations war if Legislature looks into his administration - NY Daily News
During an interview on upstate public radio’s “The Capitol Connection,” Cuomo noted his administration can investigate local project money lawmakers secure for their districts.
“You can always get into an investigations battle,” he said. “They have oversight committees. I have every state contract, every member-item contract. Every grant that the Legislature does goes through my government, so I can investigate every one of those.”
But such a war, he said, “would be unproductive and a waste.”
Cuomo’s comments came after the Daily News recently reported that Sen. James Skoufis and Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti, who are the new heads of the Senate and Assembly investigation committees, respectively, are among Democrats who say the Legislature hasn’t exerted its constitutional powers as a co-equal branch of government to the extent it should.
Told of the governor’s response Wednesday, incoming Assembly Investigations Committee Chairman Thomas Abinanti (D-Westchester) asked, “What is he afraid of?”
Cuomo warns of investigations war if Legislature looks into his administration - NY Daily News
