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Cuomo: Legalized Pot May Not Have Enough Political Support

By Karen DeWitt | May 13, 2019
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in an interview Friday cast doubt on the future of legalized marijuana in New York.

The governor said he doesn’t believe the votes are there in the Legislature to pass a plan to allow legal cannabis for adults in New York. And he said he will not “twist arms” to convince lawmakers to vote for the proposal.

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“I support it,” Cuomo said. “But if they are starting to suggest that I need to twist arms, then that’s a bad sign. Because arm-twisting doesn’t work. And it means they don’t have the political support.”

Cuomo acknowledged that he used his political capital to convince key lawmakers to vote for gay marriage in 2011, and he used his influence to achieve gun control measures in 2013. But he said he does not believe it will work in this instance.

The governor said he “fought” to keep the proposal in the state budget, which might have made it easier politically for lawmakers on the fence about legalizing marijuana to vote yes. But he said the Legislature did not agree with that tactic.

A spokesman for the state Senate, Gary Ginsberg, said talks about the proposal are ongoing.

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