2 July 2021: Editorial - NY Assembly Impeachment Probe Is a Slow Motion Event

Trust the process, mind the progress

This New York Daily News editorial anticipates a long drawn-out process ahead for the New York Assembly's impeachment probe:

If impeachment proceedings against Gov. Andrew Cuomo go to trial later this year, prosecutors will march into the state Senate chambers armed to the teeth.

Officials will start to issue subpoenas after attorneys spent months gathering relevant evidence, including interviewing witnesses and procuring tens of thousands of documents.

With that, the Assembly Judiciary Committee will issue subpoenas to witnesses as part of the Legislature’s independent probe into allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against Cuomo and a multitude of other accusations....

The process seems to be an impressive piece of evidence-gathering. But the progress is a different story. Lavine indicated Tuesday the Assembly’s investigation is not near completion and he did not specify how long it will continue.

Perhaps the most significant word in the passage above is the first: If. The New York Assembly's impeachment probe no longer has the excuse of either insufficient resources or insufficient ability to compel individuals to provide testimony. It's now a question of whether the politicians running the show have the integrity to address the alleged misconduct of Andrew M. Cuomo and his administration.