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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called Friday on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign, adding the most powerful Democratic voices yet to calls for the governor to leave office in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and groping.
Facing a deluge of calls to resign from New York’s U.S. senators and the majority of its House Democrats, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made clear on Friday he had no intention of quitting, deriding the mounting pressure from his own party as “cancel culture” and insisting he would not bow to it. The calls first came in a coordinated barrage of statements released in the morning from more than a dozen House members most of the state’s Democratic.
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Cuomo seen draped in sheet and clutching bottle as Senate leader Schumer joins calls for him to QUIT over sleaze claims
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Updated: 13 Mar 2021, 14:02
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GOVERNOR Andrew Cuomo was spotted draped in a blanket and clutching a bottle as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on him to resign amid sexual harassment allegations.
Cuomo held a bottle of Saratoga Spring Water as he walked on the grounds of the New York State Executive Mansion on Friday.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo as seen walking with a blanket and a bottle of Saratoga Springs WaterCredit: Reuters
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He was also seen walking with one of his daughters.