2 May 2021: Editorial - NY Assembly's Cuomo Impeachment Probe Is a Sham

Our view: NY Assembly dragging out impeachment probe

The editors of the Auburn Citizen are calling out the New York Assembly for its "investigation" of Governor Cuomo's potentially impeachable offenses:

Imagine a person caught in the act of burglary in an area where there have been a rash of burglaries and thefts. Police won't wait to take that person into custody because they need to further investigate the other crimes.

Because they have probable cause that this suspect has committed a crime, they make the arrest and then continue the probe to see if additional charges are warranted.

Such logic should be applied to the state Assembly's impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Instead, it seems that newly discovered impeachable offenses work in the governor's favor because it adds to the pile of matters the Assembly is reviewing.

There's a reason why the NY Assembly's impeachment probe is considered to be something of a 'sham'. It reflects a level of corruption among elected officials in New York who are more interested in protecting their personal interests than they are in addressing the public's needs to be protected from them.