How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out

This photo from Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol in Albany, New York. AP photo/Mike Groll, File photo
Michael R. Sisak and Marina VilleneuveThe Associated PressGov. Andrew Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to “wait for the facts.”Patience, though, has grown thin. The state’s two U.S. senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and most of the 27 other members of New York’s congressional delegation have called for his resignation. In the state legislature, more than 120 lawmakers have called on the Democrat to quit.Leaders in the state Assembly Thursday, March 11, announced an impeachment investigation, a first step toward potentially removing Cuomo from office.Cuomo has rebuffed calls to resign and staked his political future on the outcome of an independent investigation by Attorney General Letitia James, who is examining allegations
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