NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday responded after facing a second allegation of sexual harassment. It came as he battled with Attorney General Letitia James over the appointment of an independent prosecutor to investigate the allegations. It’s a crisis on top of a crisis on top of a crisis for Cuomo, who until recently was regarded as something of a political mastermind, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Sunday. READ MORE: 2nd Former Aide Accuses Gov. Andrew Cuomo Of Sexual Harassment, Governor Requests Independent Review Crisis one is the mounting allegations of sexual harassment . Crisis two, Cuomo forced to reverse course and propose having attorney Attorney General James and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore appoint an independent investigator, after his attempt to name his own investigator was roundly criticized. Crisis three, the attorney general refused to act, instead demanding Cuomo send her a legal referral so her office can supervise the investigation and, this is key, compel testimony. “I do not accept the governor’s proposal,” James said. “The governor must provide this referral so an independent investigation with subpoena power can be conducted.” Sources told Kramer that whether James handles the probe herself, or names a special prosecutor from outside her office, she wants the ability to force people to cooperate. That is subpoena power. The developments came after a second woman, 25-year-old Charlotte Bennett, claimed Cuomo harassed her when she was an executive assistant and health policy aide . In an interview with the New York Times , Bennett alleged Cuomo asked her late last spring, “numerous questions about her personal life, including whether she thought age made a difference in romantic relationships, and had said that he was open to relationships with women in their 20s — comments she interpreted as clear overtures to a sexual relationship.” READ MORE: NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea ...
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Andrew Cuomo: The rise and the reckoning
It’s like a slow-motion car crash where the unthinkable becomes the inevitable. Welcome to the saga of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo Cuomo apologizes over allegations, calls for NY AG to tap lawyer for independent probe New York AG says Cuomo statement is not sufficient for independent investigation Cuomo asks New York AG to appoint independent attorney to investigate sexual harassment claims MORE , scion of street-seasoned champion Mario Cuomo , a Democratic icon long known for ground-breaking achievements and heart-moving prose . Instead of following his dad’s rise to the top, Andrew is now hurtling for a reckoning he can neither control nor stop. This is no random accident — but rather one long in the making, with devastating collateral impact. As the allegations against Cuomo escalate, we’re left feeling as if this is not accidental misfortune but personal and purposeful. ADVERTISEMENT The core allegations: The Governor made a massive and fatal mistake, moving COVID- infected patients into nursing homes, then purposely understated how many seniors died because of it. After Cuomo bragged in a self-promoting book that New York’s COVID-related deaths were among the nation’s lowest, the state’s Attorney General affirmed the death total in nursing homes was up to 50 percent higher than Cuomo reported, making the carnage among America’s worst . His response : “Who cares [if they] died in the hospital, died in a nursing home? They died.” Cuomo and his team, fearing the worst, covered this up for more than six months — until a court order and members of his own Party demanded answers. The answer came when the Governor’s right-hand confidante, Melissa DeRosa , admitted on a conference call that they hid the data, knowing the truth would not set them free but set them up for political execution. Her excuse : “We froze” — worried it could “be used against us” by investigators. Thousands of people ...
Nancy Pelosi Decides Andrew Cuomo’s Sexual Harassment Allegations Are ‘Credible’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-NY) sexual allegations “credible,” breaking her silence Sunday just 24-hours after a second woman came forward with fresh claims. “The women who have come forward with serious and credible charges against Governor Cuomo deserve to be heard and to be treated with dignity,” Pelosi said according to a report . “The independent investigation must have due process and respect for everyone involved.” Cuomo said Sunday night he was “truly sorry” if “some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation,” as he sought to rebut claims by a former aide she was sexually harassed by him. Embattled Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo scrambles to push out "apology" as he faces sexual harassment allegations from his own former aides. https://t.co/q6Nax6aqmK — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 1, 2021 “To be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable,” the 63-year-old said in a statement released by his office, adding he had teased people about their personal lives in an attempt to be “playful.” “I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended. I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that,” he said. WOW https://t.co/kWNvnnjfzw — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 24, 2021 Cuomo’s claim of innocence came after he asked the New York state’s attorney general and chief judge to appoint an independent investigator to examine the allegations of sexual harassment made against him. ...
Andrew Cuomo ‘Truly Sorry’ if Words, Actions Were ‘Misinterpreted’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday night he was “truly sorry” if “some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation,” as he sought to rebut claims by a former aide she was sexually harassed by him. “To be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable,” the 63-year-old said in a statement released by his office, adding he had teased people about their personal lives in an attempt to be “playful.” “I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended. I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that,” he said. WOW https://t.co/kWNvnnjfzw — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 24, 2021 Cuomo’s claim of innocence came after he asked the New York state’s attorney general and chief judge to appoint an independent investigator to examine the allegations of sexual harassment made against him. Cuomo aide Charlotte Bennett alleged he made several inappropriate remarks about her sex life, as Breitbart News reported . Bennett claimed Cuomo asked her questions about her sex life during a conversation in his State Capitol office in June. The 25-year-old former executive assistant and health policy adviser to Cuomo said he was open to relationships with women in their 20s. Last week, Lindsey Boylan, a deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo from 2015 to 2018, said the governor “sexually harassed me for years” in a post on Medium . Yikes! https://t.co/vAlain2Zkk — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) February 28, 2021 Cumo’s partial admission of wrongdoing came after a day of wrangling over just who should investigate his workplace behavior. By day’s end, Cuomo ...
Pam Bondi: Andrew Cuomo’s ‘Horrendous Behavior’ Was ‘Completely Inappropriate’
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) on Monday reacted to the sexual misconduct allegations made against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Cuomo has downplayed his actions, saying his jokes were “misinterpreted.” While speaking with FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Bondi acknowledged Cuomo is “innocent until proven guilty,” but said “at best” his “horrendous behavior” was “completely inappropriate.” “Of course, he is innocent until proven guilty. As a career prosecutor, we all believe that. He is innocent until proven guilty. However, what we know by his own statement … was that he knew one of these women was a sexual assault survivor. Yet, he admittedly teased her about her personal life? At best, to him, it’s horrendous behavior,” Bondi asserted. “He was almost 30 years older than one woman, almost 40 years older than the second woman, both who worked for him. He was in a position of authority over them, and he admitted he teased them about sexual inferences, flirted with them, which is completely inappropriate — at minimum.” Bondi also said she has concerns about Cuomo tampering with witnesses “because he said he knew people were reaching out to one or both of these victims trying to get them not to cooperate.” “[F]rom what the two victims are saying, people all in his circle who worked with them knew that this was going on,” she added. “In fact, one of the victims said he would even direct individuals on his security detail to invite her into his office when others weren’t around. So, again, he’s innocent until proven guilty, but someone will be charged with tampering with a witness, and they’re going to ask those witnesses was it done at the direction of Governor Cuomo.” Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent ...
