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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn t just facing political isolation and possible impeachment.
He may also be subject to criminal charges and civil lawsuits in the wake of Tuesday s bombshell report from the New York Attorney General s Office, which included detailed accounts from 11 women who said Cuomo engaged in unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and inappropriate comments.
Three district attorneys in New York are now investigating the allegations, which were disclosed Tuesday in a long-awaited report by New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office.
One woman, identified as Executive Assistant #1 in the report, said Cuomo reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast during an incident in November 2020 at the executive mansion, according to the 165-page report.
Local prosecutors asking for the goods on Cuomo
Prosecutors are taking Attorney General up on an offer to share information gleaned from a 5-month-long probe that concluded Cuomo sexually harassed several women. Author: Dave McKinley, Francisco Ardito Published: 8:13 PM EDT August 4, 2021 Updated: 8:33 PM EDT August 4, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. When New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced the results of an independent investigation on Tuesday, which concluded that Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment against 11 women, she noted that, from her end, the matters involving Cuomo are of a civil nature with no criminal consequences.
However, she added that she would readily share information with any local police departments or prosecutors if they sought to open a criminal against the governor.
New York Democratic chair urges Cuomo to resign
Demand from Jay Jacobs is a major loss in the governor s evaporating support network
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New York State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay S. Jacobs on Wednesday called on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to resign immediately. (Phoebe Sheehan/Times Union)Phoebe Sheehan/Times Union
ALBANY Jay S. Jacobs, chairman of the New York State Democratic Party, on Wednesday called for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to resign immediately, saying he believes the governor engaged in systemic sexual harassment.
Jacobs, a staunch ally of Cuomo s for many years, had stood by the governor for months and urged others to await the outcome of the state attorney general s investigation into the sexual harassment allegations leveled by multiple women.
The district attorney s offices of Westchester County, Manhattan, Albany, and Nassau County have announced they are formally seeking evidence from the New York Attorney.