Cuomo Impeachment Could Come Quickly

New York Times: “A person familiar with the process said it could take just a month to complete the inquiry and draw up the articles of impeachment. A trial in the State Senate could begin as soon as late September or early October.”

Playbook: “New York’s impeachment process looks a lot like Congress’, but with a few differences. It starts in the lower chamber and takes a simple majority of the Assembly’s 150 members to impeach, just like on Capitol Hill. The chamber can create a special committee, though in this case the Judiciary panel has been investigating Cuomo.”

“But unlike with presidential proceedings, Cuomo would be tried in the so-called “High Court of Impeachment,” a jury composed of all the state’s senators (except the majority leader, who would become lieutenant governor and therefore is recused), and the seven members of the state’s highest court. Removal takes two-thirds of the 69-member body.”