Gov. Cuomo signs new law funding impeachment investigation

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo signed a bill into law that would fund the Democratic-led Legislature’s impeachment investigation assessing multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him, his handling of nursing home deaths related to the coronavirus, and the alleged use of state resources to write his $5.1 million book “American Crisis.”

Cuomo signed the measure into law late Friday, along with a package of bills passed during the final days of the Legislative session. The new law — backed by top lawmakers State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx) — would permit the Legislature to dip into a $156 million pot reserved for covering costs associated with lawsuits against the state.