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former Gov. David A. Paterson, a Democrat, said that
although “legislation is always optimal,” he believed
the executive order was legal. “In essence, he’s telling
the Department of Health, which works for him, to get
ready to do this, and to use federal money that has
already come through,” Mr. Kiernan said. “There may
be people that would complain about it, but I don’t
think that anyone would be successful challenging the
governor’s authority here.” A spokesman for the
Senate Republicans declined to comment on the
The New York Times/ ­- N.Y./Region, Qui, 12 de Abril de 2012
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executive order. But after Mr. Cuomo said last month
that he would set up the exchange using his own
power, the Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, a
Long Island Republican, said the Senate Republicans
would not be interested in challenging such a move.
“The governor has the right to issue executive orders,”
Mr. Skelos said. Still, he added, “If somebody wants to
sue him, fine.”
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