Law.com reports today that the New York High Court has ruled that the Governor can appoint his replacement. When this happens, he can resign and put someone in the job. See the link here http://www.law.com/...
Of course, this breaks the tie in the New York Senate, which means that the attempted Republican coup cannot stand. This has implications for the attempted Republican cover-up of wrong-doing under their watch, since the Democrats now own all the agencies they packed with cronies.
Looks like some folks are going to jail soon.