4 October 2021: NY Assy Cuomo Report in "a Couple of Weeks, Maybe a Month or Two"

'There's Absolutely More Need': Catalina Cruz on Aid for Immigrant New Yorkers, the Assembly Cuomo Investigation & More

NY Assembly Judiciary Committee member Catalina Cruz doesn't have any idea when the committee will release its impeachment probe report on Andrew M. Cuomo's conduct in office. Here are her comments on the topic from this report. We've emphasized her comments on the timing since that's where most of the new information is:

Cruz also discussed the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s impeachment investigation of now-former Governor Andrew Cuomo. While his resignation led Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to call off the impeachment proceedings but for referrals and a report, some were disappointed with his decision and many are eager to see the findings, however incomplete.

“I don’t have a date yet but I suspect we are not looking to extend this beyond a couple of weeks, maybe a month or two,” said Cruz, who is an attorney and sits on the judiciary committee. “Because I think people want to know, people want to hear what’s in that evidence, what was in that report.”

Asked about the report, Cruz confirmed that it would include significant information beyond issues related to the former governor’s pattern of sexual harassment that was outlined in the report issued by Attorney General Letitia James, which led to additional calls for resignation, impeachment, and prosecution, and to Cuomo’s decision to resign. Those issues include the governor’s use of government resources on his covid book memoir, Cuomo’s nursing home covid scandal, and more.

Cruz also took a moment to address how Cuomo and his allies have been pushing back against the attorney general and Assembly.

“The governor’s implying that this has all been some kind of political attack on him and his character,” Cruz said. “That this is some kind of war against him and his character. It’s not. This is a war against corruption in Albany. This is a war against corruption in government. This is a war against sexual harassment of staff.”

It doesn't sound like she's too terribly concerned about the committee producing its report on the timely schedule its chairman indicated just two weeks ago.