Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt on Tuesday characterized the latest allegation as "a disturbing pattern of predatory pattern behavior by Gov. Republicans in the Legislature have been more forceful in their remarks. Heastie had issued a statement Sunday questioning Cuomo's ability to remain an effective leader. He had already faced calls to step down from state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl E.
The new allegations that came to light Tuesday immediately intensified the pressure from many lawmakers - including Cuomo's fellow Democrats - for the governor to resign. If a criminal complaint is made, by Boylan or the female aide who alleges Cuomo groped her at the mansion, those cases could potentially by handled by the offices of Albany County District Attorney David Soares or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The March 1 referral letter from Garvey to James authorizing the probe invoked a section of Executive Law that empowers the attorney general's office to conduct a civil investigation with the aid of office subpoenas, but not to pursue a criminal case or to bring the allegations before a grand jury.
On Wednesday morning, the attorney general's office declined to comment in response to detailed questions about how that office, which does not have statutory jurisdiction on any criminal component of the case, would be handled. Clark, who specializes in labor law and sexual harassment cases. attorney for New York's Southern District in Manhattan, and Anne L. This week, the attorney general's office announced its investigation will be handled by two private attorneys: Joon H. They would not explain the governor's statement that he was unaware of the latest allegation against him. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateĪides to the governor on Tuesday said the governor stands by his statements that he never touched anyone inappropriately. The woman has not filed a formal complaint with the governor's office. Obviously, there are people who said after the fact they felt uncomfortable." (and) no one ever told me at the time that I made them feel uncomfortable. "I never made any inappropriate advances. "As I said last week, this is very simple: I never touched anyone inappropriately," Cuomo said Tuesday. That story included a statement from his acting counsel, Beth Garvey, who said that "all allegations" of sexual harassment made against the governor were being referred to the attorney general's office. On Tuesday afternoon, several hours after Cuomo's office had been asked about the matter by the Times Union, the governor said in a news conference, "I'm not aware of any other claim," when he was asked by a reporter about the new story, which by then had been published online. In the most recent case, at least one of the woman's supervisors reported the allegations to an attorney in the governor's office on Monday. State Attorney General Letitia James' office is overseeing an investigation of multiple harassment allegations against Cuomo. I am not going to speak to the specifics of this or any other allegation given the ongoing review, but I am confident in the result of the attorney general’s report.” The details of this report are gut-wrenching. In response to the Times Union's questions about the allegations, Cuomo on Wednesday evening issued a statement to the newspaper: "As I said yesterday, I have never done anything like this. The female aide subsequently told the supervisor about what she said had been inappropriate encounters with Cuomo, the source said. At least one female supervisor came to her assistance and asked why she was upset. Hearing those remarks, the female aide became emotional.
In the news conference, the governor denied ever touching any women "inappropriately." The woman's story was revealed within the governor's Executive Chamber on March 3, as staff members watched his first news conference in the week since Lindsey Boylan published an online essay detailing her own allegations against Cuomo. 'Shadow investigation': Cuomo's office conducting its own 'inquiry' of groping allegationĬalls to step down: Should Cuomo stay or go? Here's where NY lawmakers stand Patterns emerge: Cuomo's cellphone trouble an element in two harassment allegationsĪttorney General's investigation: Investigators interview second accuser Timeline: Andrew Cuomo’s rise and fall (and rise and fall)
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