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Your dad made mistakes. and he apologized. and he learned from it. >> reporter: cuomo's decision comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney general's report which concluded the governor sexually harassed 11 women in the past seven years. before calling it quits, the governor defended himself. >> it was also false. >> reporter: moments before the presser, his personal attorney laid out the faults that she found with the a.g.'s report, referencing some accusers by name. and said the governor wasn't given a fair process. >> this investigation took every possible negative thing...

Conversations in the e.r., what have you found is the most effective way to get more shots in arms? >> well, i think you have to recognize there is a group of people who are really struggling with this decision. they're concerned for their safety with regard to the vaccine and their concerns are real to them and you have to listen to those concerns and not discount them to try to address them individually. i also think you have to realize there is a subset of people that want to get the vaccine but haven't made it a priority. these people understand if you're willing to get the vaccine, now is...

Yet, in the months since calls for his resignation and impeachment growing in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. long-time political allies in new york even president biden say they thought the governor should resign. after calling on him to do so, president biden reacting to his announcement. >> i respect the governor's decision and i respect the decision he made. women should be believed when they make accusations that are able to on the face of them make sense and investigate and if investigated the judgment is made with what they said was correct. >> lawyers telling cnn they feel v...

Using any extraordinary means he deemed necessary. but one week after a report released by the new york attorney general's office, the man who had controlled albany politics with an iron fist for more than a decade was out of moves. cuomo's resignation means that for the first time the new york governor's mansion will be home to a woman. her name is kathy hochul. in a brief statement she called cuomo's decision, quote, the right thing to do and in the best interests of new yorkers. a recent "new york times" profile of her painted a picture of a leader with a vastly different style than the one...

>> wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing, and i cannot be the cause of that. >> reporter: the 63-year-old governor getting choked up at moments as he gave his resignation speaking to new yorkers, his staff and three daughters. >> i have seen the look in their eyes and the expression on their faces, and it hurt. your dad made mistakes and he apologized and he learned from it. >> reporter: cuomo's decision that takes effect in 14 days comes exactly one week after the release of the state attorney general's report which concluded the governor sexua...