ALBANY – State Senator Peter Oberacker (R/C – Schenevus) yesterday voted against a bill authored by the majorities in the legislature that further extends the governor’s emergency executive powers.
“Every single legislative session day since I was elected, I have voted to rescind the governor’s emergency powers. Unfortunately, the Democrats have seen fit to leave the governor in charge and voted against that measure more than twenty times. Now the majority has approved a bill that extends the governor’s one-man rule indefinitely.”
“Legislation is supposed to cure a problem, right a wrong, and provide help for those we represent. The bill passed today comes up short on all accounts.”
“The businesses, schools, churches, and local governments in my district that have been looking for answers regarding the never-ending edicts, mandates, and restrictions coming from the governor will still have the same questions.”
“A governor, who is under multiple investigations, faces sexual harassment complaints, and has ordered his administration to hide the facts about deaths in our nursing homes, remains in charge.”
Instead of immediately revoking the governor’s emergency powers, as Republican members of the Senate and Assembly have repeatedly called for, the bill approved today — which has been given the governor’s stamp of approval –will:
- Remove the current expiration date of the governor’s emergency powers, currently set to expire on April 30, 2021 — instead, that expiration date is now gone; and
- Allow the governor to extend or modify the nearly 100 executive orders he has instituted since the start of the pandemic, as long as certain Democrats are allowed to review and comment. This proposal allows him to do so with little more than a courtesy call to the legislature because those comments will be accepted even after an order takes effect.
“When New Yorkers went to bed last night there were dozens of executive orders in place and when they go to bed tonight every one of those executive orders will still be in effect. The exact same mandates on businesses, restrictions on our freedoms, and lack of constitutional checks and balances remain.”
i think people forget all the giv. has done for all ..i dont believe this girl at all ,as far as covid thats trumps fault he put all that on all governors..they did best they could and gov cuomo did just grest for new yorkers.now all of you are against him because of a republicans go ahead take gov.cuomo away from emergency situations ehis going to do it??? well good luck…hiw about trump taking over gov. emerengency would you like that and tou all can shoot bleach in your arms iv sound good…well yoir wrong he knows nothing about emergency hes not qualified fir nothing…it will be a big mistake to taje this away from the gov of new york..you all tslk big niw but with trump all if you said squat and now repubicians are thinking they are tough now IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR…oh yeah he talks now where was in washington at capitol hill jan 6th he didnt say much then did he..whay he thinks all of you are just upstste hillbillies…then you lnow what let them because you all have no memories of all our gov did for us i kniw for a fact he helped my family when we needed it ..you people are not perfect either so dont accuse the governor some or alot of girls thrive on destroying lives and you all know that…think before you ruin someone life….