governor andrew while mon communicate the new york state governor andrew cuomo and new york attacking diminishing the allegations of the victims and attacking the victims, essentially, saying that that, that he was not, not, and surprisingly the revolution didn't go well with sexual assault victims who penned the letter calling on capital to go, they referred the letter as victim shaming. ah, and now we have caplin essentially stepping down from her leadership of the times of charity. now, this is what she said in her resignation letter. take a listen. i can't offer the degree of transparency about my firms matters now being demanded since that would be contrary to my responsibilities as a lawyer. now, ironically enough, kaplan is actually representing elizabeth jean carol, who is one of the accusers of donald trump, a writer who has accused donald trump of sexual assault and maybe made rape allegations. years ago. in the meantime, i andrew cuomo, the new york state governor is adamant that he has done nothing wrong, and he says that he is not going to step down another individual who

many people in the state of new york. i am proud of that law. if you want to read an op-ed i wrote on it, many people in our state senate would argue that was a turning point when they read that and saw the position i had taken in support of that law that are immigrants need that. they need to be able to get to their jobs and parents need to be able to take their kids to take their kids to doctors appointment. i am proud of supporting that law appeared -- supporting that law appeared the last few months, lieutenant governor's continued the work regardless of what is going on around them. i am proud i've been able to maintain the same schedule to meet with elected leaders. my schedule has been robust. i am ready. i want people to know i am ready for this. it is not something we expected or asked for, but i am fully prepared to assume the responsibilities as the 57th governor of the state of new york. >> [indiscernible] lt. gov. hochul: i understand the president was looking to reach me but i was on a plane so i cannot confirm that. i did have the

according to the report, it says the senior investigator for the new york state police and just to give people an idea of the role of the senior investigator and the state police is the person who makes things happen day to day. that's an important job. so while they might not have the title of a captain or lieutenant, there are key people within the state police and the senior investigator immediately after this trooper number 1 met governor cuomo along with another female trooper sent an email to trooper number 1 saying what did you say to him? seven question marks and made a comment that the governor wanted her on the detail tomorrow. that's a quote. on top of that, they changed the regulations for this trooper to join. she'd not had enough years on the job in order to be a part of the protective services unit and they bent the regulations for that. there were direct requests made from the executive chamber according to the report, and i just want to read something from the report specifically and just beg your indulgence here, andrea, because i want to pull it up. >> basically, they

the new york state assembly judiciary committee has begun collecting thousands of pages of documents and testimony used as evidence in the new york attorney general's report that found governor cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women in violation of state and federal law. the judiciary committee chair promised a swift impeachment probe. >> we anticipate that this process will be concluded very soon. when i say very soon, i'm speaking about several weeks. amy: in related news, the prominent report -- the prominent lawyer roberta kaplan has resigned from the times up group. times up is the organization that helps women who have been sexually harassed, abused or assaulted. meanwhile, the human rights campaign has launched an internal probe into reports that its president, alphonso david helped cuomo discredit a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. david is a former legal advisor to cuomo. we will have more on this story leader in the broadcast with alessandra biaggi. a competition program for the survivors of convicted predator and sex trafficker jeffrey epstein has finished its

for the first time ever, new york state will have woman governor. announcement comes a week after the new york attorney general's report found he sexually harassed 11 women. >> i love new york. i love you. everything i have ever done has been motivated by that love. i would never want to be unhelpful in any way. i think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help you is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> cuomo is leaving office isolated. the white house, new york's two democratic senator, the new york city mayor all saying he made the right decision to step down. two members of the new york state senate judiciary committee they are looking into whether impeachment is still possible. the woman who will replace governor tweets she's ready and prepared to take the helm.

of attention, she called that taped statement a propaganda video. >> it works similarly in new york statere is state assembly indicts and the senate votes to convict and remove. >> reporter: they need two thirds for that to pass. we know that two thirds of new york state senators are calling on him to resign. >> erica hill, thank you. >>> cnn concerned 61 members of the new york state assembly want impeachment articles. 43 are prepared to vote in favor to impeach. joining me now is shelly mayor. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> you called this report yesterday a damning indictment of the conduct and culture of the governor and his executive team. based on what you saw in the report, does this look like criminal behavior by the governor? >> i think the attorney general was right and she said that the review of the criminal behavior will be by district attorneys and the district attorney of the county has requested the documents and will do a review. i will defer to the district attorneys. my view as a legislature is the time for him to resign is right now. this is ab

joining me now new york state senator alessandra biaggi and new york state assembly member john t. mcdonald iii. thank you both for joining. it's a very important topic and i'm so happy that you're both here to discuss. so state senator biaggi, i'm going to start with you. you used to work for governor cuomo and you've been open about feeling uncomfortable around him even after you left the job. what is your reaction to this report? >> i mean, first i want to say that i commend the brave women who came forward. it took an incredible amount of courage to report their interactions with the governor and their instances of sexual harassment. and i think that what the a.g.'s report confirmed for many of us was really what most of us knew to be true, that the governor has fostered and upheld a toxic work environment that is harmful to women. his staff has perpetuated this toxic environment. and now what's concluded as we all know is there were violations of both federal and state law. so his actions ultimately have become an abuse of power and

let's remember what made new york state the empire state in the first place. new york's historic success was not a process of evolution. it didn't just happen. we weren't born this way. we were born a vision and daring and competence. we built the canals, the roads, the bridges and education system, and the economy that made us the greatest state in the nation. somewhere along the way, government lost its competence and then people lost confidence in government. but today is a different day. we have reason to believe in new york's future based on what we have accomplished together. we've shown potential. we have shown that the new york spirit that reached for the skies, that refuse to accept defeat that challenged , possibility, that said no to the status quo, that took on the bureaucracy, that still exists. and we must demand that government continued to perform and achieve and accomplish. we've embarked on the most aggressive green energy plan in the nation, not talk action . hundreds of projects all across the state starting now new transmission lines for a

he used to be the attorney general in the great state of new york. he used to be the attorney general in the great state of new york. he was one of the attorneys who made the gig into a very national profile job. new york attorney generals in particular tend to do that. it's -- being new york attorney general is a job that brings with it a lot of power, a lot of opportunity for news making. typically it brings with it a lot of swagger. eliot spitzer was new york attorney general before he became governor. so was andrew cuomo, for example. but eric schneiderman took over on the fast track in 2018 and presumably greater things beyons all possible doubt.yo in may 2018 "the new yorker" published a granular detailed 01 just heinous accounting of how eric schneiderman had subjected four different women to what the magazine described as nonconsensual physical violence. all four women alleged schneiderman repeatedly hit thea often in a sexual or at least sexual degradation context but a never with their consent. schneiderman denied he ever assaulted anyone. b

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we made new york state the progressive capital of the nation. no other state government accomplished more to help people, and that is what it's all about. just think about what we did. we passed marriage equality, creating a new civil right. legalized love for the lgbtq community, and we generated a force for change that swept the nation. we passed the states act, the smartest gun safety law the united states of america and the band the madness of assault weapons. we saved countless lives without law. $15 minimum wage, the highest minimum wage in the nation, lifting millions of family standard of living, putting more food on the table and close on their backs, and we had economic justice reform. we have managed every emergency mother nature could throw at us. fires, floods, hurricanes, superstorm's and pandemics. we balanced the state budget, and we got it done on time, more than any other administration, because government should work in perform. free college tuition to struggling families. nobody in the state will be denied their college dream

new york state schools, most new york state schools were open for most of the year.pening committee and we had the kind of protocols that kept a lot of people safe for a lot of the time. there's a tremendous amount of disinformation and distrust, particularly in upstate new york. and what the union is trying to do, and that's part of why we put $5 million out there as part of this get out, get back to school campaign, is to try to overcome this doubt, this disinformation. think about it, just last week i was on "meet the press" with chuck todd and i had a 20 minute interview and it was clear that we were about getting back to school and trying to make sure that everyone felt safe and comfortable. and fox took one word i used and said i was hedging. this is about trying to create the climate where everybody feels that they are safe and welcome back to school. >> okay, but how about spending that 5 million bucks on the kids who are behind in a year's worth of learning rather than spending it on encouraging teachers? just mandate it. we're now mandated to get the vaccin

i'm hearing from my constituents what the new governor of new york has said, which is that the status quo is unacceptable. i look at a state like new york, my home state, which is sitting on more than two billion dollars appropriated through congress, for this purpose, and yet the government agency of new york state responsible for dispersing those funds has been slow to do so. and so i think with the leadership of, kathy hochul, our new governor, we will see a

new york state has 160,000 people that have applied for rental assistance. almost no o has gotten any money from a democratic supposly liberal state. what is going on with the state giving out the money that has already been apportioned to help? >> real estate interests are powerful everywhere. the other thing is the way the rental assistance was designed. it was designed to delegate to the states. in american history, one of the lessons is that we delegate the programs designed -- it doesn't always mean it will be a failure or delayed or have problems. but just by nature of the fact that state governments are not always controlled by progressive lawmakers, it does mean that you risk different states. that is basically what happened. people having trouble being apart from these things, feeling -- filling out what they have to fill out. the support that was given by the trump administration, that program is designed as a federal program and the very minimal bureaucracy. i think it is a pretty key comparison that shows you the idea that some people cheat the sy

that makes her the first woman to lead a state party in new york. rve as the state's lieutenant governor. but that is happening under these extraordinary circumstances that have been a long time in coming. andrea stewart cousins called on governor andrew cuomo to resign all the way back in march. today he finally did. andrea cousins of the new york state senate joins us now. thank you for joining us. i know this has been a difficult and intense day. >> it has been very, very difficult, very intense. but i so appreciate your pattern recognition because i always like to tell the history of how we get to places, and that is such incredibly important history. so thank you for that. >> thank you for thanking me, but it makes me feel like i need to take a shower just talking about it. i mean it is absolutely bipartisan. it spans federal office and statewide office up to the very highest levels through multiple generations of political leadership with all different kind of creeps. i have to ask you if you have a diagnosis for what accounts for all of these

statistic to claim his handling of the virus and and 30 and other states pretty. >> you look at new york state, we have a lower percentage of deaths nursing homes than other states. new york state, willie about 28 percent. below the national average and number of deaths in the nursing homes. but who cares, 33, 28, that in the hospital, died in the nursing home. they died. >> all the while cuomo continued virtually unscathed basking in his record high approval numbers and found payment pretty. >> you call yourself a cuomo sexual and i feel like i am one sexual and i feel like i am one as well [sfx: radio being tuned] welcome to allstate. ♪ [band plays] ♪ a place where everyone lives life well-protected. ♪♪ and even when things go a bit wrong, we've got your back. here, things work the way you wish they would. and better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches, you're in good hands with allstate. weakness or discomfort in your hands or feet? introducing nervive nerve relief from

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so have key members of the new york assembly and state senate who are the power to remove him from office. so has the current new york city mayor and the man likely to be the next new york city mayor. so have, just moments ago, the democratic governors of rhode island, new jersey, pennsylvania and connecticut. so has house speaker nancy pelosi. and finally, late today, so did president biden. a long-time political ally and friend of the new york governor. >> back in march you said if the investigation confirmed the allegations against governor cuomo, then he should resign. so will you now call on him to resign given the investigators said the 11 women were credible? >> i stand by that statement. >> are you now calling on him to resign? >> yes. >> more on the white house reaction shortly. it wasn't so long ago that governor cuomo was a potential pick for attorney general. now he is facing the possibility of criminal charges. cnn's erica hill begins our coverage. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo, sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law. a damning re

to people regardless of the political persuasion and she will be in it standing governor for new york statehe entire new york delegation even people who had been uncle most side for a while after this report came out said, we are done time to go. are you supposed actually happened? >> truthfully, no. the evidence relative to what the governor had done, was overwhelming. it was just a matter of time someone surprised, not necessarily. i think the earlier the better to get out of the way and to allow kathy hochul to do what she is very careful of doing. that will accrue to the benefit of everybody in western europe who is very proud of her also for the entire state of new york new york is a special place. it's its own tradition and kathy hopeful will serve the people of the state in an extraordinary way. i couldn't be more proud of her as a colleague and friend. >> congressman we appreciate your time brian higgins he is the congressman for new york 26 up by buffalo. this is kathy hocus's former district when she was a member of congress. that's the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams

statistic to claim his handling of the virus and and 30 and other states pretty. >> you look at new york state, we have a lower percentage of deaths nursing homes than other states. new york state, willie about 28 percent. below the national average and number of deaths in the nursing homes. but who cares, 33, 28, that in the hospital, died in the nursing home. they died. >> all the while cuomo continued virtually unscathed basking in his record high approval numbers and found payment pretty. >> you call yourself a cuomo sexual and i feel like i am one as well. >> this program is brought to you by - joint pain, swelling, tenderness... much better. my psoriasis, clearer... cosentyx® works on all of this. four years and counting. so watch out. i got this! watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis look and feel better with cosentyx. cosentyx works fast for results that can last. it treats the multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, like joint pain and tenderness, back pain, and helps stop further joint damage. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked fo

one of whom is a new york state trooper. investigators saying the witnesses describe these incidents in great detail. >> the governor also several times inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to the unit to protect the governor. in an elevator while standing behind the trooper he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said hey, you. another time she was standing holding the door open for the governor. as he passed he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to the hip where she kept her gun. she told us she felt completely violated to have the governor touch her, as she put it between her chest and her privates. >> governor cuomo in the past apologized, but has denied any wrongdoing and more recently he's become more aggressive challenging the independents of the investigators. joining me now, nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter. nbc justice correspondent pete williams, and legal analyst lisa brown and daniel alonso, former chief assistant d.a. for manhattan and fo

what will new york state be in the future? no one can tell us, because it depends on what we do now. our actions will determine our future. we must keep people in businesses thriving in this state, crime must be controlled, and we have to be smart about it. no governor in the nation has passed more progressive measures than i have, but i disagree with some people in my own party who called to defund the police. i believe it is misguided, i believe it is dangerous. gun violence and crime are savaging inner cities. look at new york city, the majority of victims are poor, black and brown. reforming police must be the goal, ending discrimination by the police, ending the unnecessary use of force, and then building back trust and respect between the police and the community they serve, that's the real answer. and that is easier said than done, but it's also the truth and the right way forward. our state's economic competitiveness is vital. demonizing business is against our collective self-interest. taking actions that cause busines

effectively what we're saying is that there are no standards against sexual harassment in the state of new york to many of us and very high stakes if we're actually going to be a state of zero tolerance when it comes to harassment and abuse not only in the workplace but anywhere. >> you're considering running against the governor in the democratic primary. >> i think that say reasonable question to ask. but questions about politics to me, today are a distraction from the findings against the governor. i think the governor wants us to deflect all of the attention from himself because the report is damming. 11 women are in the report including now a state trooper who was actually assigned the irony and the really devastating fact of that is she was assigned to protect him. and then he asked for this investigation which is another important point here and it he could on rates everything that the 11 women said. we have to hold him to account. it's very important that we do. sexual harassment is a personal issue for me. it's something i worked hard on not only before i took office but while i've bee

we made new york state the progressive capital of the nation.o other state government accomplished more to help people. and that it is -- and that is what it is all about. think about what we did, we created marriage equality -- has to marriage equality -- passed marriage equality and generated a force with a change that's -- change -- with a force that changed the nation. we've banned assault bins. we've saved -- assault weapons. $15 minimum wage, highest in the nation. lifting millions of families and their standard of living, putting more food on their table, clothes on their back. and we lead the nation in economic justice with our reform. we have managed every emergency mother nature could throw at us. fires, floods, hurricanes, super's, and pandemics. we balanced the state budget and we got it done on time more than any other administration. government should work and perform. free college tuition for working families. no one will be denied their college dream because of their income. we built new airports. rail, transit, roads across the

lawmakers throughout new york state are calling for governor andrew cuomo to resign. >> that says the latest report from the new york attorney general found that cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. he's also accused of working to try to retaliate against one of his accusers kron four's basal. john has the latest from capitol hill. >> you should president joe biden and top democrats on capitol hill are calling for governor andrew cuomo to step down. the reported actions of the governor were profoundly disturbing inappropriate and completely unacceptable senate majority leader chuck schumer announced he and new york senator kirsten gillibrand, stand by the investigation's findings act. i continue to believe the governor should resign still working deal with. as i said, i continue to believe that he should resign other congressional democrats, including jerry nadler, brian under jones, carolyn maloney, grace meng and alexandra ocasio cortez say cuomo should leave office quote, for the good of new york state. republicans are also calling for governor cuomo's resignation. >> new york republi

and that laws applied equally no matter if you are the governor of new york state or in everyday new er. >> sandra: we are just learning that the assembly democrats are planning an emergency meeting after what they described as disturbing sexual harassment report. the democrats who control the state assembly will hold the emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss the bombshell state investigative report that found andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. we are looking through this and it appears that that will begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, the obvious -- >> they should move towards impeachment and discuss. i know that john asked about that, but the reality is that the federal standards have changed and we have a comprehensive report conducted by the attorney general. >> sandra: congresswoman, thank you. >> john: joining us now, civil rights attorney and fox news contributor. leo, give us your summation of what you heard from the governor and contrast that with what you heard from the attorney general and the state of new york. >> let me start off by saying with i agree wit

and the great state of new york. today is a very, very sad day in the history of our state.r to move forward, we must have new leadership. >> part of that new leadership question is not just the governor himself. if you were listening to the press briefing by the attorney general and especially again the two independent lawyers she hired to look into this, the environment in the governor's office is reprehensible in their view a violation of state policy and a violation perhaps of state and federal law with top aides to the governor essentially helping push this aside and berating them if they brought about allegations. what should be done about that, and are you disappointed. the attorney said this is a civil investigation, my work is done. do you think she should do more? >> i will leave it up to the prosecutorial authorities to decide whether to press forward with civil charges. make no mistake about it. anyone who is an even superficial observer of new york politics is familiar with some aspects of the culture and the governor's orbit. so everyone who has been responsibl

we start with the dramatic announcement this morning from the attorney general of the state of new york. >> the independent investigation has concluded that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law. specifically, the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and non-consensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. >> the investigation released today by the new york attorney general's office documents allegations against governor cuomo by 11 women. the investigators interviewed 179 witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pieces of evidence to corroborate the allegations. those investigators describe their findings at today's press conference. >> on november 16th, 2020, in the executive mansion, the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. the governor also several times inappropriately

new york, my home state, is sitting on more than $2 billion of money that congress, people like myself, have already appropriated through legislation for this purpose. and yet the government agency in new york state responsible for disbursing those funds has been slow to do so. i think with new leadership,

nine of them are or were employed by the state of new york or state-affiliated entity. the complainants interacted with the governor under different circumstances. for example, some of them met with him regularly as an executive assistant or as members of his staff, or as i said, as a trooper on his protective detail. while others only met him once. but all of them experienced harassing conduct from the governor. some suffered through unwanted touching and grabbing of their most intimate body parts. others suffered through repeated offensive sexually suggestive or gender-based comments. a number of them endured both. none of them welcomed it and all of them found it disturbing, humiliating, uncomfortable, and inappropriate. and now we find that it was unlawful sex-based harassment. our investigation has also found that the executive chamber responded to allegations of sexual harassment in ways that violated their own internal policies. and also constituted unlawful retaliation with respect to one of the complainants. finally, based on our investigation, we concluded tha

people of new york her experience at all levels of government, town board, county clerk, congresswoman, lieutenant governor, make her uniquely well equipped to effectively governor the state at this time and then you have the speaker of the new york assembly, carl hasty saying we will continue to address the covid-19 pandemic, rebuild our economy and face our challenges stajd together. governor hochul is a dedicated leader and united we will get the people's work done not only is there the pandemic they are mentioning there, but you have all this issue about people leaving new york state because of the high taxes, the end of s.a.l.t. and whether it's going to permanently undercut what is the revenue tax base for new york state >> yeah, taxes that, oh, by the way, as i recall were raised by the outgoing governor cuomo. let me ask, new york state politics are really gnarly, as you know, contessa, and no place more so than in albany the question to me right now is where does the incoming governor fit on the ideological spectrum? is she more a centrist, a moderate, or is she closer to the aoc wing of the new york state democratic party >> you know, it's interesting that you a

she's taken pride in visiting each of new york's 62 counties each year and has friends across the statekathy hochul's former congressional district in western new york. congressman, good to see you. i was saying to rachel, you're kind of like a canadian congressman. you're on the border there when guys like me went from toronto to buffalo or upstate new york, that's where we -- we would cross into your constituency. >> you would do that. kathy hochul is motivated by big challenges. and she's inspired by great ideas and good people. and she's going to be a great governor of new york. >> tell me about your work with her and how you got to know her. >> well, she's a friend and colleague for 40 years. always been inspired by her idealism, her commitment to public service and her work ethic. and the people of new york will come to know her very, very quickly and will be impressed by the same things that impressed me so many years ago. >> it's a hard situation to take over from something like this, because it is so fraught with distraction and it's brought everybody -- sort of brought the wor

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the enemy landed in new york state. covid launched the attack here. you unified, and you rose, and you overcome, and you saved lives. and that was powerful. it was beautiful to see. and it was an honor to lead. >> reporter: but the governor coming under siege in recent weeks, accused of sexually harassing multiple women, facing an impeachment investigation in albany and several criminal investigations. >> i have never crossed the line with anyone. but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. there are generational and cultural shifts that i just didn't fully appreciate. and i should have. no excuses. >> reporter: cuomo remaining defiant about the attorney general's report released last week detailing the women's allegations. >> the report said i sexually harass t 11 women. that was the headline people heard and saw and reacted to. the reaction was outrage. it should have been. however, it was also false. this is not to say that there were not 11 women who i truly offended. there are. and for that,

nine of them are or were employed by the state of new york or a state entity.the complainants interacted with the governor or different circumstances. for example, some of them met with him regularly as an executive assistant or as members of his staff or as i said as a trooper on his protective detail. while others only met him once. but all of them experienced harassing conduct from the governor. some suffered through unwanted touching and grabbing of their post intimate body parts. others suffered through repeated offensive sexually suggestive or gender-based comments, a number of them endured both. none of them welcomed it. and all of them found it disturbing, humiliating and uncomfortable and inappropriate. and now we find that it was unlawful sex-based harassment. our investigation has also found that the executive chamber responded to allegations of sexual harassment in ways that violated their own internal policies. and also constituted unlawful retaliation with respect to one of the complainants. and finally, based on our investigation, we concluded th

by a climate of intimidation and fear. >> andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making comments. >> the pattern was not limited to members of his own staff, but extended to other state employees, including a state trooper who served on his protective detail. there are 11 complaintants whose allegations are set forth in great detail in the report. >> the governor hugged executive assistant number one and reached under her blouse to grab her breast. this was the culmination of a pattern of inappropriate sexual conduct including numerous close and intimate hugs. the governor also several times inappropriately touched a state trooper assigned to the unit to protect the governor. in an elevator while standing behind the trooper, he ran his finger from her neck down her spine and said, hey you. another time she was standing holding a door open for the governor. as he passed, he took his open hand and ran it across her stomach from her belly button to her gun. >> the executive chamber's culture of fear an

lower house of the new york state. congress, it takes a majority there to impeach. interestingly though, there is no high crimes and misdemeanors requirement like we know from the federal system. it's even broader in new york. if the governor is impeached, he loses power, at least temporarily. power goes over to the lieutenant governor. of course, another big difference from the federal system and then finally, there will be a trial in the new york state senate but again, another big difference there. the jury, so to speak there, is not just the senators, but also the seven judges on new york state's highest court. the court of appeals. so it would be like if the u.s. supreme court justices came down to sit on the senate trial, of course, another big difference. it will be interesting to see whether governor cuomo really forces the entire state government apparatus to go through this process but if he does, that's how it's going to go, jim. >> that is fascinating. another viewer wants to know if governor cuomo fights the allegations against him. what do you think the

many people in the state of new york. i'm proud of that law. if you want to read an op-ed that i wrote on it, many people in our state senate would argue that that was a turning point when they read that and saw the position i had taken in support of that law, that our immigrants need that. they need to be able to get to their jobs and parents need to take their kids to doctors' appointments. i'm proud of supporting that law. you can ask anyone my position on that at this time. the last few months, lieutenant governors continue the work regardless of what's going on around them. i'm proud that i've been able to maintain the same schedule to meet with elected leaders. my schedule has been robust and i'm ready. i want people to know that i'm ready for this. it's not something we expected or asked for, but i am fully prepared to assume the responsibilities as the 57th governor of the state of new york. michael formally from news day. >> have you talked to president biden at this point and do you have any different view of how to handle covid in new

we often times forget how important new york state is as financial capital. and the money crowd and who runs that state is important and now we have an unknown, lieutenant governor coming in, some would say she would just be a caretaker in the meantime for the real heated contest in 2022 but i'm just wondering since new york had already put its budget to bed, it got a lot of federal funds from nightmarish cuts and the like, bottom line it is increasing taxes on the wealthy, the surtax on the wealthy, none of that is going to change. so people who expected maybe in this development that all of that goes away, it is not. it is etched in stone. or etched in stone as policy can be, right? >> it is. and you know i think there is something to be said for whether or not there is bitterness. if you look, especially with the reserge ends of the delta and some banks are starting to say we'll not call some employees back in the office. the tax situation exacerbates that, neil. import of new york, new york city alone is 9% of u.s. economic output, 9% of u.s. gdp. you kno

the new york state governor is urging people to move to higher ground. has been declared in parts of new york and around six million people in long island, connecticut and massachusetts are under a hurricane warning. trying to ready themselves for an event that on this part of the us coastline, is so rare. on saturday, hurricane grace tore through eastern mexico, leaving a trail of destruction. at least eight people have died, including a mother and six of her children. translation: i turned around to go l into the house and that's when the | roof came off the hill and they were all down there. my wife and my six children. although this storm has weakened and is predicted to ease by tomorrow, the potentialfor more flooding and further destruction continues. lebu diseko, bbc news. and he is speaking at the moment. new york governor andrew kernow. he is giving new yorkers an update, again confirming that it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. residents in the area of long island, around new york and new england, i've been told that they need to prepar

the lieutenant governor would become governor of the state of new york. utenant governor. is even after voting for the lieutenant governor. it's just a slot on the ballot. kathy from buffalo, not well known outside of buffalo very much. will new york voters learn about her, if she becomes their governor? what can they expect from her as governor? >> they will see that she's qualified, she's been in government a long time. in while the general public may not know her as well, political people do. members of the party do. she's been in all states. she's been a very active lieutenant governor, she knows the state, she knows the issues and she's also got a great manner about, her i think she will have the capacity to work with the legislature, in ways to bring about the change that new york needs, and to lead us in the way that we have been used to being led by andrew cuomo. one of the great things that andrew cuomo did as governor, was select someone like kathy hopeful as his lieutenant governor. who is absolutely ready to serve in the position. >> i just wan