19 November 2021: NY Assemblyman Gives Preview of What's in the Assembly's Cuomo Impeachment Report

Steck: NYS Assembly report on Cuomo ‘validates’ findings of AG investigation

NY Assemblyman and member of the Assembly's Judiciary Committee Phil Steck describes some of what he reviewed in the committee's forthcoming report on the findings of its impeachment probe of Andrew M. Cuomo, which he indicated is 46 pages long, not including footnotes:

New York State Assemblyman Phil Steck has confirmed to NEWS10 that the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s investigation into former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo validates the findings of the Attorney General’s investigation. The NYS Attorney General’s Office released their report in August, finding that Cuomo harassed multiple women.

“Reading it is disturbing, but 90% of it has already been in the public eye through various other reports or through the news,” said Steck.

That's his summary of the impeachment probe's sexual harassment findings. The report also finds clear fault with how Cuomo produced his pandemic "leadership" book, which put $5.12 million into his own pocket for work it confirms was produced by state government employees:

He said the report found Cuomo did use state resources to write and publish his book for a personal profit.

“It’s very clear that the governor ran the exec chamber to produce the report, which he was told by JCOPE not to do. So, his argument was that these people were volunteering, that’s contrary to the evidence,” said Steck.

The impeachment probe report also points to the Cuomo administration's intervention in state Department of Health reports to cover up the full extent of COVID deaths among nursing home residents:

The report says the Governor’s office intervened before the Department of Health could release two sets of data on nursing home deaths, and had them only release one set of data of patients who physically died in nursing homes. Steck said this act by Cuomo was a “material misrepresentation” of what was going on in nursing homes.

That's the short preview of what's in the report that will soon be released to the public.