Andrew Gounardes Voted To Change the Law For His Friends In Speedy Votes This Spring
Governor Hochul made a bad choice with Brian Benjamin as her Lieutenant Governor. She should have done a better job vetting the candidate. Hochul wanted to remove Benjamin from the ballot, but NYS Election law stated that his name could not be removed unless he moved out of state.
A bill was written by Senator Liz Kruger to help Kathy Hochul. (See bill)
An immediate vote for the bill was done today.
Our community has been waiting for over three years for a bill about property taxes to be heard and these politicians can leap over the law. Andrew Gounardes said property taxes was going to be done this year, but he hasn’t made any move to have the bill heard (Gounardes hasn’t rallied or done anything, but campaigned.)
Andrew Gounardes voted YES so that the law to will be changed for Hochul.
The bill to remove Brian Benjamin passed the New York State Senate by a vote of 33-29. A lot of senators voted against the bill because they know the NYS Senate should not be using the law to bail out Kathy Hochul.
The bill also passed in the Assembly with a 82-57 vote, but the votes for the Assembly have not been published online, so we can’t see Frontus or Tannousis’ votes. They will be here
Changing election laws before an election says that the law isn’t valid and that those who voted YES don’t feel they need to uphold the law. Andrea Stewart Cousins, the head of the NYS Senate, said in an interview: “I really, really have difficulty changing things in the middle of the process, whatever that process is.” (Source) Stewart-Cousins voted in favor of the bill today because rules aren’t for politicians.
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Last month, Gounardes voted YES to a bill to help his friend, Brad Lander. Lander failed to file a bond and by law school have been made to leave office because he didn’t follow procedures. A bill was drawn up and passed both the Senate and House. See bill here (More info here)
Here’s Andrew Gounardes’ vote:
Again, the Assembly vote was not published, but should be here.
Andrew Gounardes is part of the broken government, where regular people can’t get any help from their elected leaders because the politicians are sitting around making laws for themselves and their staff members.
GOUNARDES FAILED TO INCLUDE THIS VOTE IN HIS NEWSLETTER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW.
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Hugs,
marlene
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