Cuomo and Lawmakers Start New Year on Nasty Note, via Twitter and Speeches

By Tom Precious

ALBANY – The Legislature began its 2017 session on Wednesday with Republicans and Democrats in rare, early agreement: their relationships with Gov. Andrew Cuomo have soured considerably.

The tensions have played out via personal battles on social media.

There have been public pronouncements by legislators that Cuomo’s six-year dominance over the Legislature will be sharply tested this year.

There was a Cuomo staffer’s text to Assembly Democrats a week ago blaming the GOP leader of the Senate for blowing up talks for a special session in December.

And then there was Cuomo’s decision to give his annual State of the State speech this year in a series of regional speeches, including next Monday afternoon in Buffalo, instead of before a joint session of the Senate and Assembly. 

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Source: The Buffalo News (via The Empire Report)