“In light of the Governor’s admission of inappropriate behavior and the findings of altered data on nursing home COVID-19 deaths he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature, rendering him ineffective in this time of most urgent need,” the lawmakers said in a statement. 

Other state lawmakers outside of the group have called for the governor’s resignation, including state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Westchester.

As of Thursday afternoon, a majority of lawmakers in the state Legislature have called for the governor to resign or temporarily step down, according to multiple tallies.

State Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, who chairs the chamber’s judiciary committee, has called for Cuomo to resign. It was not immediately clear if Lavine has taken a position on whether the governor should resign.

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