Cuomo Remains Defiant, Refusing To Step Aside Amid More Accounts Of Toxic Behavior • Updated: March 12, 2021 6:13 p.m.
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Facing calls for his resignation from a majority of state lawmakers and New York’s Congressional delegation, and in the wake of even morenewsreports detailing instances of toxic and sexist workplace behavior, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered a defiant rebuttal on Friday afternoon, once again insisting he would not step down.
“Women have a right to come forward and be heard and I encourage that. There is still a question of the truth.” he said during a press call. “I did not do what has been alleged. Period.”
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The pressure is building inside the NY Governor’s Mansion on Friday after a combative press conference on Friday by Andrew Cuomo in which he expressed little regret over the way his Administration handled the request from information by the Department of Justice back in August 2020, justifying their refusal to supply accurate numbers and keeping the truth from the New York legislature at the same time because he was convinced the Trump Administration was only in interested in pursuing a political angle.
The entire press conference is on YouTube if you have the intestinal fortitude to get through it all.