Andrew Cuomo signs bill funding his impeachment investigation

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill passed by the Democratic-led New York state Legislature funding the Assembly’s ongoing impeachment investigation into the governor — including funding for any trial that may result from it.

The measure, sponsored by Speaker Carl Heastie in the New York Assembly and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in the state’s Senate, received Cuomo’s signature on Friday. The bill, originally introduced as A.B. A08037 and unanimously voted out of the Ways and Means Committee, was replaced by S.B. S7237, which passed in a 63-0 vote in the Senate on Thursday.