Cuomo to NYS Sheriffs: Shut up!

The Albany Times-Union reports that New York’s legacy governor Cuomo recently called his state’s sheriffs to Albany. They thought that he was asking them to discuss the letter they sent him with recommendations to change NYS’ onerous SAFE Act, a restrictive new gun bill that Cuomo and his cronies shoved down the throats of New Yorkers. However, that’s not the reason the sheriffs were summoned to the court of the prince of New York;

Instead, Cuomo pushed the sheriffs to stop publicly speaking out against the act, Moss said.

“The governor was of the opinion that the sheriffs around the state should not be interjecting their personal opinions in reference to the law,” Moss said, adding that Cuomo said sheriffs can’t do that and enforce the law.

One person briefed on the meeting said Cuomo threatened to remove sheriffs from office, a little-used power afforded the state’s chief executive under the state constitution. Moss would not confirm this. He did say the meeting was heated at times, but overall he described it as “cordial.”

Kehoe did not return calls, and Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi declined to comment. An administration official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to discuss a private meeting, “strongly” denied Cuomo had threatened to remove any sheriff.

Last week, the Sheriffs’ Association as well as several elected sheriffs filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a federal challenge to the SAFE Act.

Yeah, I’m sure that Cuomo’s bullying tactics, the same bullying tactics he used to get the massively flawed bill through the legislature will work so well against the State’s sheriffs. I’m sure they’re shaking in their boots. Maybe Andrew should tell his daddy on them, too.

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