PEARL RIVER, NY – Assemblyman Mike Lawler joined the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences at a press conference in Albany demanding the removal of Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers.

“In the past few weeks, we’ve seen Gov. Cuomo’s cover-up begin to unravel and his true colors show. The Legislature needs to act immediately and revoke the governor’s unchecked authority, now. I’m proud to have led this effort and I stand with my colleagues in the Senate and Assembly in pushing for the removal of Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers. Enough is enough.

“Gov. Cuomo has manipulated the facts and placed the blame on others for his mistakes. The governor touts that we’re ‘New York Tough,’ and that he places lives above politics, but he has no remorse for his despicable actions that have cost the lives of thousands of helpless New Yorkers in nursing homes.

“The public has a right to know what the Cuomo administration did and we as a co-equal branch of government need to get to the bottom of it, which is why I support the creation of an impeachment commission to investigate exactly what happened and it’s why I fully back the DOJ’s criminal investigation into the Cuomo administration.”