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I'm going to presume that you are not American. In the systems used by almost all other democracies around the world (either Westminster or Party List), where h
by mandevil 5y ago
I'm going to presume that you are not American. In the systems used by almost all other democracies around the world (either Westminster or Party List), where his office was dependent on maintaining support from Parliament, he probably would be gone by now. The US presidential/bicameral system (replicated in all of its flaws in almost every state) where the President/Governor is directly elected by the people does not have an effective means of removing someone, as we all learned by watching two impeachments of the previous President.
The executive can resign if they choose, but forcing a independently elected official out of office basically takes a lot of work and effort. He would need to be impeached by majority vote in the lower house, then convicted by a 2/3 vote in the upper house (plus, in an unusual NY quirk, the highest court, the Court of Appeals, joins the upper house as jurors) after a trial, where the governor has his own lawyers making his case for the defense, there are sworn witnesses and testimony, etc.
Impeachment has never removed a president. It has only ever removed one governor of New York. Cuomo has made enough enemies- and done enough heinous stuff- that he might lose, but it will be time consuming and painful, baring a resignation.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The US presidential/bicameral system (replicated in all of its flaws in almost every state) where the President/Governor is directly elected by the people The US President is not directly elected by the people, even though the people by whom he is elected are not the legislature and he does not need to maintain their support.