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Yes, it’s by design through checks and balances.

• lolinder 3y ago
  Checks and balances are important, but half of all bills failing to make it through the governor's office is enough to raise an eyebrow even for someone who's a fan of checks and balances. The NY governor just vetoed more bills in a single sitting than all of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden did in their full terms combined. That's not just checks and balances, there's something very wrong there.
  • couchand 3y ago
    As you've identified this is not the rational application of checks and balances, this is settling scores and executing vendettas in machine politics. Welcome to New York, baby!
  • gopher_space 3y ago
    How would you tell without reading each bill?
    • lolinder 3y ago
      It's not necessarily a problem with the governor, but there's definitely a problem somewhere in the system. In a functioning government (especially one dominated by a single party like NY is), the legislature and governor collaborate closely as the bills are being developed. The legislature knows in advance what the governor will veto and is typically acting in good faith and won't waste everyone's time by send huge numbers of bills that are doomed. What's happening here indicates a serious breakdown in communication and trust between branches of government, branches which, again, are ostensibly run by the same party. That's not normal.