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March 13, 2021
NEW YORK (AFP) – Embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo found himself under increasing risk of impeachment over allegations of sexual harassment yesterday when the Democratic head of the state assembly – until now a key ally – greenlighted a formal investigation of the claims.
Since the end of February, the 63-year-old Cuomo, whose third term is due to expire in 2022, has been under scrutiny after five women accused him of sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour.
But on Wednesday, the
Times Union – a newspaper in the state capital Albany – reported explosive claims that Cuomo put his hand under the blouse of a female staffer and touched her “aggressively” at the end of 2020 in his private residence.