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Cuomo bid to hold power irks legislators

Originally published: February 14, 2012 10:24 PM
Updated: February 14, 2012 10:34 PM
By YANCEY ROY  yancey.roy@newsday.com

Quick ReadGov. Andrew M. Cuomo is consolidating power in the executive chamber, triggering resistance from state lawmakers who largely were his allies.

Gov. Cuomo at Molloy College talking about his

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Gov. Cuomo at Molloy College talking about his 2012-2013 budget and reform plan. (Feb. 2, 2012)

ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is consolidating power in the executive chamber, triggering resistance from state lawmakers who largely were his allies.

During his first year in office, Cuomo got legislators to agree to major initiatives such as a property-tax cap and legalizing of same-sex marriage, while threatening to shut them out of budget negotiations and investigate their ethics. Lawmakers...

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