(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 29, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- Robert Schulz, from the We the People organization and resident of Washington County, filed a lawsuit against legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday in Albany, New York. The lawsuit is an attempt to annul the expansion of the casino gambling bill the lawmakers approved in June. He claims the bill was voted into law on the last day of the legislative session to hide last minute changes from public view. Cuomo retorted that the changes were only technical in nature and a spokesperson for the governors office attempted to downplay the lawsuit, stating the governor's actions were characteristically upheld in court.
Cuomo issued a message of necessity, which suspends a three-day public review required by the constitution. Messages of necessity were designed to be used only for emergencies, such as natural disasters, but every recent governor has used the provision to quickly pass bills.
The bills are negotiated in closed-door sessions with leaders under the provision and have long been controversial in Albany. Laws are passed before lobbyists can persuade lawmakers to oppose the bills, opponents of the clause contend. The constitution does not specify what constitutes an emergency. Good-government groups criticize messages of necessity as a ploy to keep details of spending and policy from the public before they are voted on.
Schulzs argument is legislative leaders and Cuomo made changes to the law involving the locations and payouts of facilities. Anti-corruption provision that would have limited campaign contributions were also dropped behind closed doors, Schulz says. Cuomo spokesperson, Rich
Azzopardi, disagreed with this assertion stating the provisions were dropped earlier than that, in closed-door sessions with legislative leaders. "This administration, as New York Public Interest Research Group recently pointed out, has used far fewer messages than any of its immediate predecessors," Azzopardi retorted. "It has done so in a manner that has routinely been upheld by the courts."
Schulz has sued several New York governors on constitutional grounds in the past. "As a matter of course, our elected officials are violating its provisions and mandates right before our view, and we need to stop what is a headlong rush into more debt, dependency and decay," he concluded.
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Cuomo issued a message of necessity, which suspends a three-day public review required by the constitution. Messages of necessity were designed to be used only for emergencies, such as natural disasters, but every recent governor has used the provision to quickly pass bills.
The bills are negotiated in closed-door sessions with leaders under the provision and have long been controversial in Albany. Laws are passed before lobbyists can persuade lawmakers to oppose the bills, opponents of the clause contend. The constitution does not specify what constitutes an emergency. Good-government groups criticize messages of necessity as a ploy to keep details of spending and policy from the public before they are voted on.
Schulzs argument is legislative leaders and Cuomo made changes to the law involving the locations and payouts of facilities. Anti-corruption provision that would have limited campaign contributions were also dropped behind closed doors, Schulz says. Cuomo spokesperson, Rich
Azzopardi, disagreed with this assertion stating the provisions were dropped earlier than that, in closed-door sessions with legislative leaders. "This administration, as New York Public Interest Research Group recently pointed out, has used far fewer messages than any of its immediate predecessors," Azzopardi retorted. "It has done so in a manner that has routinely been upheld by the courts."
Schulz has sued several New York governors on constitutional grounds in the past. "As a matter of course, our elected officials are violating its provisions and mandates right before our view, and we need to stop what is a headlong rush into more debt, dependency and decay," he concluded.
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