It’s past time to pull the plug on Andrew Cuomo’s dictatorial pandemic powers
By David Marcus
September 30, 2020 | 8:07pm | Updated
I don’t mean to alarm the good people of New York, but it’s important that they understand we are living under a dictatorship — with no end in sight.
Who’s the autocrat in question? Why, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of course. Perhaps because his father was governor before him, Cuomo may have grown up thinking of himself as crown prince and now fancies himself a king with unquestioned authority. But the ultimate blame falls squarely on a state Legislature that has now abdicated its duties for the better part of six months.
Back in March, our lawmakers in Albany used a public health statute to hand the governor nearly unchecked power. The idea was that the state executive must have broader-than-usual authority to tackle a crisis. But a supposedly interminable emergency is an invitation to endless abuse of emergency authority.
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