Twelve months after New York’s second-in-command inherited the governor’s office through a resignation, a span that also saw a revolving door of three people serve as lieutenant governor, Fordham Law School’s Rule of Law Clinic released a new report calling for reforms to the state’s gubernatorial succession procedures.

The report, “Changing Hands: Recommendations to Improve New York’s System of Gubernatorial Succession,” notes several unexpected turnovers in the state’s highest executive offices in recent years, and underscores “a sobering reality that ‘New York is unprepared to deal with a panoply of issues relating to gubernatorial succession.’”

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