Zeldin, GOP accuse Hochul of abuse of power with latest COVID emergency extensionBy Zach Williams
August 15, 2022
Republicans say Gov. Kathy Hochul has gone too far by extending the COVID-19 state of emergency for another month amid ongoing questions over how campaign donors might benefit from suspended contracting rules.
“Deja vu. Every 30 days, Hochul unilaterally bypasses the Legislature & extends her self-claimed COVID emergency powers, which she has used to advance her rampant pay to play corruption & other abuses of power,” Rep. Lee Zeldin, the GOP nominee for governor, said in a statement Monday.
Executive orders declaring a state of emergency were put in place in September and November of last year as hospitals scrambled to deal with mounting caseloads from the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus.
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https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/zeldin-gop-slam-hochul-over-covid-emergency-extension/
