ALBANY, N.Y. — The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first senior Democrat in the state to say the three-term
On Saturday, Ana Liss, 35, and Karen Hinton, 62, both made separate allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo, 63, bringing the total number of accusers up to five.
Ana Liss, 35, who worked for Cuomo between 2013 and 2015, told The Wall Street Journal that at first she saw the governor’s actions as harmless flirtations, but came over time to see it as patronizing and professionally diminishing.
More Former Aides Accuse Governor Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment
arrow Governor Andrew Cuomo and his top aide Melissa DeRosa on March 3, 2021. Governor Cuomo s office
A fourth and fifth woman have come forward alleging they were sexually harassed by Governor Andrew Cuomo; one said she was harassed between 2013 and 2015 when she worked in his Albany office, and another woman said the sexual advances occurred in 2000 when Cuomo oversaw the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Ana Liss, who is now 35 years old, told the Wall Street Journal that when she worked in Cuomo’s executive chambers between 2013 and 2015, Cuomo asked her if she had a boyfriend, called her sweetheart, touched her lower back, and kissed her hand.