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Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited a vaccination center in New York on Monday. Photo: PISCINA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
The pressure on the Democratic governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, is mounting. After a new and serious accusation, the national assembly of the state will launch an investigation in a higher court.
“The specific charge that the governor summoned an employee, over whom he had power, to a private location and then sexually assaulted her is totally unacceptable,” New York’s Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, according to Reuters. .
– He’s disgusting and he can’t be governor anymore.
The indictment the mayor is referring to became known Wednesday this week, through an article in the Albany newspaper The Times Union. An unidentified governor employee is said to have claimed that the governor asked her to come to his official residence, where he allegedly took her hands under her blouse and touched her.
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The newspaper based the article on an anonymous source who should be aware of the situation, and they have not even spoken to the woman.
BER CUOMO GO: The Democratic Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, according to the Washington Post, has had a long-running dispute with Governor Andrew Cuomo. Photo: CARLO ALLEGRI / REUTERS
– I’ve never done anything like this
The accusation is the most serious ever made against the governor, and was turned over to police Thursday by Cuomo’s aide, Beth Garvey, after the woman did not want to go to the police herself.
Albany County Police Department sources tell the New York Times that this may be a criminal act. So far, no criminal investigation has been launched.
Andrew Cuomo, who has previously said that he understands that his behavior in some cases may have “It has been misinterpreted as flirting”, reject the accusations.
– I’ve never done something like that. The details of these messages hurt my stomach, he said through a spokesperson on Wednesday.
Cuomo on charges: – It has been misinterpreted as unwanted flirting.
In the past, five women have reported inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment against the governor. These add to the so-called nursing home scandal, in which the Cuomo administration is said to have halted crown-related deaths at the state nursing home to “embellish the truth.”
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He accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment: – I get nauseous at work every day.
Gives the green light to higher court investigations
Cuomo now faces strong opposition at home. Democrat Carl Heastie, who heads the state’s National Assembly, announced Thursday that he gave the green light to an alleged “Supreme Court investigation” against the governor of the assembly’s justice committee.
“The committee will have the opportunity to interview witnesses, gather documents and evaluate evidence, as permitted by the New York Constitution,” he said in a statement, adding that the allegations against the governor are serious.
I WANT TO INVESTIGATE: Democrat Carl Heastie heads the New York National Assembly. – The accusations against the governor are serious, says in a statement. Photo: Hans Pennink / AP
A total of 121 members of state Congress have asked the governor to pack their bags, according to a tally of the AP news agency. Among them are 65 Democrats and 56 Republicans.
– In light of the governor’s admission of inappropriate behavior and changed data on corona deaths in nursing homes, he has lost his trust with the people and in the state assembly. This makes it inefficient at a time when the needs are great. It’s time for Governor Cuomo to step down, according to a letter from 19 Democratic state senators and 40 parishioners Thursday.
Cuomo has previously refused to resign and has asked for patience while the charges against him are investigated. They ended up on the table of State Attorney Letitia James.
