While New York Governor Andrew Cuomo completes his last two weeks in office after announcing his resignation on Tuesday, the New York State Assembly's impeachment investigation concerning the Cuomo will propably be concluded soon. 

The Assembly's Judiciary Committee has given Cuomo a Friday cutoff time to present any additional proof and statements of defense as the board investigates claims of sexual harrassment against Cuomo and abuse of state funds and resources. Regardless of whether it pushes ahead with impeachment, few administrators are resolute that impeachment is a fundamental step to keep Cuomo accountable and bar him from campaigning for office once more. 

"The impeachment investigation does not stop automatically just because the governor resigned. It can continue. We have not heard anything on that yet," New York state Sen. Andrew Gounardes told NPR, adding he believes the investigation should move forward.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has not given reports on the examination since Monday, however the chamber's Judiciary Committee is as yet scheduled to meet one week from now to review documents. 

Heastie delivered a proclamation Tuesday saying that Cuomo's choice to venture down was the right decision. 

"The brave women who stepped forward were heard. Everyone deserves to work in a harassment-free environment. I have spoken with Lieutenant Governor [Kathy] Hochul and I look forward to working with her," he said.

Heastie's office didn't react to a request for input when inquired as to whether the impeachment and investigation procedures will proceed. 

There is a sense of urgency among legislators 

While legislators are standing by to hear the following stages from Assembly authority, there is a desire to move quickly to consider Cuomo accountable.

"We are lacking a lot of sunlight in this process," Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou said about Cuomo's resignation. "We still owe it to the victims of the governor's predatory behavior to actually have a full accounting of what happened, even if he's no longer in power. We definitely should be feeling urgency." 

An investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James found that Cuomo sex sexually harrassed somewhere around 11 women and fought back against one representative who opened up to the world about her experience. Be that as it may, the Assembly's simply investigating claims of sexual offense. It's likewise analyzing reports of other alleged abuses of power, including whether Cuomo abused government funds for his book deal There is additionally another state investigation concerning why a great many nursing home deaths from COVID-19 went unreported under Cuomo. 

Cuomo has apologized for his activities however called the sexual harrassment claims "false" and said the investigation has been "politically motivated." He has likewise denied there was an undercounting from getting nursing home patients who died  of COVID-19. 

"We still have to account for all of his misdeeds while he was there," Gounardes said.

Niou, a Democrat, added that she and a considerable lot of her partners are additionally tired of Cuomo's endeavors to keep away from any responsibility. At the point when Cuomo declared he was leaving, Niou was in an Assembly hearing on eviction and housing, and said she and her associates high-fived and celebrated when they heard the news. 

Cuomo's troubles could go beyond impeachment

Impeachment of a sitting governor in New York has just happened once — William Sulzer, who impeached in 1913 — so there is minimal point of reference for the process. In any case, in the fallout of Cuomo's resignation, officials are gauging another part of indictment: They could cast a ballot to ensure Cuomo is banned from campaigning for office once more. 

Impeachment is not the lone way Cuomo could in any case be held responsible. A criminal action by one of Cuomo's assistants who says the lead representative groped her has effectively been instituted against him, and it's conceivable he could in any case face civil cases also, Michelle Simpson Tuegel, a women's' rights lawyer, told NPR. 

The lawyer recognized that citizens and legislators are tired of impeachments, however she said if officials decide not to push ahead with the impeachment process for political reasons, it would be a "cop-out."