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brooklynite

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Wed Aug 4, 2021, 02:01 PM Aug 2021

Gov. Cuomo loses Union support...

The governor also lost support among some of his most powerful union allies, including the New York State United Teachers, representing more than 600,000 members statewide, and District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, New York City’s largest public workers organization with 175,000 current and retired members.

“He is no longer fit to serve,” said Henry Garrido, executive director of the AFSCME council. “The Governor must resign. If he does not, the Assembly must begin the process to impeach.”

Other unions that have called for the governor’s removal include the Hotel Trades Council, and a unit of the Service Employees International Union that represents 175,000 building, school and food-service workers on the East Coast. Kyle Bragg, president of the unit called 32BJ, said, “We will support the state legislature’s actions to bring accountability to the office with all deliberate speed.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/cuomo-alone-silent-after-ag-report-as-new-york-awaits-next-move
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Gov. Cuomo loses Union support... (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2021 OP
He needs to step down, NOW. a kennedy Aug 2021 #1
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