As I said last week I never made any inappropriate advances. No one ever told me at the time I made them feel uncomfortable," Cuomo said. On Wednesday, he followed that up with a statement, saying, "As I said yesterday, I have never done anything like this. The details of this report are gut-wrenching. I am not going to speak to the specifics of this or any other allegation given the ongoing review, but I am confident in the result of the Attorney General's report.
Lavine, to examine allegations of misconduct against Governor Cuomo," Heastie said in a statement. The committee will have the authority to interview witnesses, subpoena documents and evaluate evidence, as is allowed by the New York State Constitution. The investigation would be the first step in a bid to impeach the governor. But while the Assembly investigation may start the legislature down the path toward impeachment, it also has a stalling effect.
It gives the Assembly speaker control of the process and staves off calls for an immediate resolution. New York Attorney General Letitia James said the Assembly investigation will not conflict with the one her office is leading. Our investigation will continue," she said in a statement. At least members of the state Assembly and Senate, including 65 Democrats and 56 Republicans, have said Cuomo should resign, according to a count by The Associated Press.
Jessica Bakeman, who worked as a part of the Capitol press corp while working for Politico New York in , accused Cuomo of behaving inappropriately with her in a first-person piece for The Cut published March She claimed that during a holiday party at the Executive Mansion, Cuomo grabbed her hand and refused to let go.
Instead he "put his other arm around my back, his hand on my waist, and held me firmly in place while indicating to a photographer he wanted us to pose for a picture. He allegedly said to her, "Am I making you uncomfortable? I thought we were going steady. She wrote: "I never thought the governor wanted to have sex with me. It wasn't about sex. It was about power. He wanted me to know that he could take my dignity away at any moment with an inappropriate comment or a hand on my waist.
The governor's attorney did not respond to ABC News' request for comment on this allegation. But Cuomo has generally denied any of the new allegations against him and urged the public to wait for the results of the attorney general's investigation.
Bloomberg reporter Valerie Bauman tweeted on March 18 that she observed "rampant sexism and sexual harassment" during Cuomo's tenure as New York Attorney General, from to , when she covered Albany for The Associated Press. She was 25 at the time. She said Cuomo never touched her inappropriately or said anything she felt she could report to her boss, but "he did make me uncomfortable, as did a lot of men in Albany.
During one press conference in he made "unwavering eye contact. Shortly after that meeting, a Cuomo staffer called her and asked if she had an interest in working for the attorney general's office. She declined. In a March 19 piece in The New York Times , she claimed Cuomo would ogle her body, remark on her looks, call her beautiful in Italian and make suggestive comments to both her and another executive aide.
She did not accuse the governor of making sexual contact with her, but she told the Times she believed his actions amounted to sexual harassment.
McGrath said the anonymous current aide who accused Cuomo of groping her in the Executive Mansion, as reported by the Times-Union, described the encounter to her. She said the aide told her the governor asked her to not talk about the alleged incident. Cuomo's lawyer, Rita Glavin, responded to McGrath's allegations to the Times by saying that Cuomo "has greeted men and women with hugs and a kiss on the cheek, forehead, or hand.
Yes, he has posed for photographs with his arm around them. Yes, he uses Italian phrases like 'ciao bella. He has made clear that he has never made inappropriate advances or inappropriately touched anyone," she added. This was not just friendly banter. McGrath understands the common phrase 'ciao Bella. I know what that phrase means. Another woman, Sherry Vill, 55, came forward on March 29 in a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred with allegations that the governor inappropriately touched and kissed her in Cuomo met with her during a tour of flood damage near her town in Greece, New York, Vill said.
The governor took her by the hand, pulled her in and kissed her on both cheeks, Vill said. Vill described the incident as being "manhandled" and called the encounter "uncomfortable. She said she was not pressing charges or filing suit for this incident but was planning to meet with the state attorney general to discuss the matter. Allred shared photos of Vill with Cuomo from the tour and a screenshot from a video where Cuomo appears to kiss Vill's cheek.
On April 7, the female aide who alleged Cuomo groped her inside the Governor's Mansion in November discussed the alleged incident with the Albany Times-Union. The woman, a current aide to the governor who's remained anonymous, claimed Cuomo "groomed her" for two years with a pattern of tight hugs and kisses on the cheek.
She said that one time he said to her, "Oh, if you were single, the things that I would to do you," she told the newspaper. The woman said to the paper that she was summoned to the mansion on a weekday in November last year to help Cuomo with an iPhone problem.
When she reached his office on the second floor, he allegedly rose from his desk and groped her. I was mortified that a woman who works here is going to come in and see. I was terrified of that happening, because that's not who I am and that's not what I'm here for.
Additionally, he reformed an antiquated criminal justice system by raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18, implementing discovery reforms, and launching innovative re-entry programs to ensure a lower recidivism rate and fairness for all New Yorkers.
Governor Cuomo has worked to provide opportunity for all, to welcome immigrants, and to protect individual and religious freedoms. And as students across the nation speak out against gun violence in the wake of continued shootings, Governor Cuomo further strengthened New York law by enacting legislation that removes guns from domestic abusers. Under Governor Cuomo, New York passed the most comprehensive paid family leave program in the nation, launched the most aggressive public university sexual assault policy in the country, fought for a comprehensive policy to combat sexual harassment, achieved the smallest wage gap in the country, and ensured that contraceptive coverage is not interrupted regardless of what happens in Washington.
He has pledged to end the AIDS epidemic by He puts students first and works to ensure that all New Yorkers are empowered to achieve their dreams. A Healthier New York Governor Cuomo believes health care is a right, not a luxury, and has fought to expand quality and affordable health care for more New Yorkers.
He is also laser focused on combating the opioid epidemic, making record investments in treatment services and increasing access to life-saving Naloxone. Today, every New Yorker pays a lower tax rate than they did before he took office. He took action to change a largely flat, regressive income tax into a fairer tax system by adding additional brackets.
Now New York has more private sector jobs than at any point in history. Governor Cuomo has fought to give all New Yorkers the opportunity to succeed. Cuomo endorsed Joe Biden D in the presidential election.
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On August 10, , New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo D announced that he would resign effective August Between December and August , a series of events unfolded involving Cuomo that resulted in calls for his impeachment or resignation from office. He said on August 10, "Given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing.
Cuomo was the ninth governor of New York to resign from office and the th governor in the nation's history to do so. Click here for more information. The report stated that many nursing home residents died from COVID in hospitals after they were transferred from nursing homes and that these deaths were not reflected in the Department of Health's count of nursing home deaths.
On February 17, the F. Attorney's office began an investigation of the actions of Cuomo's task force in relation to the handling of nursing homes during the COVID pandemic. Cuomo said about the timing of the release of nursing home fatality data, "More than anything it was just a capacity issue. Between December and April 7, , at least 11 women accused Cuomo of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior.
In February, James announced that her office would be conducting an investigation into the accusations. On August 3, James released the investigation report , stating that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, breaking state and federal laws in doing so.
The report's executive summary read, in part, that Cuomo "sexually harassed a number of current and former New York State employees by, among other things, engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching, as well as making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women. Cuomo responded to the report's release, stating: "I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances. I am 63 years old.
I have lived my entire adult life in public view. Phil Murphy D-N. After the attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, , many U. Cuomo expressed support for the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state of New York. He said:. Following the December 14, , school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Gov. Cuomo sought to make firearms policy a legislative priority in The legislation included restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns, as well as provisions to keep guns from people with mental illness who made threats.
As a part of the legislation passed following the Newtown shooting, provisions were put into place that expanded bans on certain types of weapons and high-capacity magazines. The memorandum was signed by the Cuomo administration and the Senate's Republican leadership. I believe the law should be followed and implemented as intended.
Gianaris D , the deputy Senate minority leader, said the agreement was unconstitutional. Republicans characterized the agreement as a win for Second Amendment rights in the state.
Cuomo's office stated the memorandum only codified an already existing delay in the implementation of the database provision in the SAFE Act and had no impact on the law. Ballotpedia is not aware of any personal political advocacy by this officeholder related to ballot measures we track. If you are aware of any, please email us. Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Cuomo was married to Kerry Kennedy, the seventh child of Robert F. Cuomo Cole was also the producer of Newtown , another Peabody Award-winning documentary, about the elementary school shooting.
It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in She married fashion designer Kenneth Cole in and the couple have three daughters: Emily, Amanda, and Catie. Madeline is the most private Cuomo sibling. According to a New York Times wedding announcement , she married her high school sweetheart, Brian O'Donaghue, who was at the time, a lawyer specializing in matrimonial law. Kennedy, for 15 years, from to the tabloids dubbed the union "Cuomolot". They had three daughters , twins Cara and Mariah, and Michaela.
Kennedy is currently the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group. The Kennedy clan suffered a tragic loss last April when Kerry's niece Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean she was the daughter of Kerry's sister Kathleen and her 8-year-old son Gideon went missing in the Chesapeake Bay after they rowed out in their canoe to retrieve a lost ball.
Their bodies were four days later and Governor Cuomo addressed the tragedy during his briefing that weekend. The two met at a party in the Hamptons in the summer of After 14 years together, the couple split in September though they remain close Lee is also close to the governor's daughters and his family.
Twenty-five-year-old Cara is one of Andrew and Kerry's twin daughters the other is Mariah. She attended Harvard and is an associate at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, a nonprofit run by her mother. Cara's twin sister, Mariah, attended Brown University where she majored in history and wrote for the college newspaper. She is an associate at Teneo, a global communications and advisory firm.
She spearheaded a project as a volunteer at the New York Department of Health to get New Yorkers to wear face masks to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus. Andrew's youngest daughter, Michaela, 22, is a recent graduate of Brown University and now the Chief Marketing Officer of The Woke Mystix, a podcast exploring spirituality and astrology.
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