A second former aide has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who responded with a statement Saturday saying he never made advances toward her and never intended to be inappropriate. Charlotte Bennett, a health policy adviser in the Democratic governor’s administration until November, told The New York Times that Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life, including whether she had ever had sex with older men. Another former aide, Lindsey Boylan, a former deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to the governor, recently accused Cuomo of subjecting her to an unwanted kiss and inappropriate comments. Cuomo denied the allegations. Cuomo said in a statement Saturday that Bennett was a “hardworking and valued member of our team during COVID” and that “she has every right to speak out.” He said he had intended to be a mentor for Bennett, who is 25. “I never made advances toward Ms. Bennett nor did I ever intend to act in any way that was inappropriate,” Cuomo’s statement said. “The last thing I would ever have wanted was to make her feel any of the things that are being reported.” Cuomo, however, said he had authorized an outside review of Bennett’s allegations. The governor’s special counsel, Beth Garvey, said that review would be conducted by a former federal judge, Barbara Jones. “I ask all New Yorkers to await the findings of the review so that they know the facts before making any judgements,” Cuomo said. “I will have no further comment until the review has concluded.” The pair of harassment allegations represent a deepening crisis for Cuomo, who just months ago was at the height of his popularity for his leadership during the height of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. In recent weeks, he has been assailed, even by some fellow Democrats, over revelations that his administration had substantially underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. A state ...
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New York Weather: CBS2’s 2/28 Sunday Morning Forecast
By Mark McIntyre, CBS2 Meteorologist/Weather Producer Good Sunday mornin’, folks! The final day of February will be a dreary and soggy one, with temps a few degrees below what they were yesterday. Also, it doesn’t look like we’ll get any sunshine at all today. READ MORE: 1 Injured In Manhole Fire In Midtown; FDNY, Utility Crews On Scene Expect a gray but dry start early this morning but rain will move in over the next few hours. Rain will be steady and even heavy at times before tapering to showers overnight. Make sure you have the rain gear handy – but at least we’re not dealing with more snow! READ MORE: Police: 2 Men Wanted In Violent Queens Home Invasion Stole $3,000 From Woman At Gunpoint Monday will start off the work week with a few showers before some breaks of sun during the afternoon and temps once again topping out around 50. MORE NEWS: 2nd Co-Op City Power Outage Affecting Residents In Same Buildings That Lost Electricity Friday ...
LA District Attorney George Gascon faces new recall as Newsom effort nears threshold
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 27 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. After not yet three months in the office, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is facing a recall effort similar to the one faced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom . Recall organizers held a ‘victims’ vigil’ Saturday evening to gather the 20 signatures needed from Los Angeles County residents to formally launch the process. The effort needs to garner just under 600,000 signatures from registered LA voters, or 10 percent of the voter roll, to force Gascón to run again. Organizers of the Newsom recall effort said they've garnered 1.825 million signatures as of Thursday. They need 1.5 million by March 17 for the effort to succeed but are accounting for a portion of the signatures to be rejected. The day he took office in December, Gascón announced a slew of sweeping changes including stopping the use of sentencing enhancements, restricting when prosecutors can hold defendants without bail, ending the use of the death penalty in LA County and banning the practice of trying juveniles as adults. LA DA GASCON DROPS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING POLICE OFFICER "A lot of victims have come forward and said they feel threatened by his policies, so this is a victim- and community-led effort," said Siannah Collado, member of the Recall George Gascon campaign, who represents crime victims in court. "A lot of people I’ve met have come forward and said, ‘Had I known this is what he was going to do I wouldn’t have voted for him," Collado said. "It was a bait and switch." "I agree there needs to be some reform, but the pendulum has swung too far left. Now victims are last and criminals come first," she continued. Other members of the Gascón recall effort include victims’ rights advocates, former law enforcement officials, current and former prosecutors ...
Georgia’s GOP-led Senate passes bill requiring ID for absentee voting
The Georgia state Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would require voters to submit a driver’s license number, state identification card number or a photocopy of an approved form of identification in order to vote absentee in the state. Senate Bill 67 passed the upper chamber in 35-18 vote on Tuesday and now heads to the state House for consideration, The Associated Press reports . The bill has already been met with opposition from Democrats and voting rights groups who say the legislation would make it difficult for voters who don't have a driver’s license or state identification card to vote absentee. According to the AP, absentee ballots are currently tallied using signature verification. ADVERTISEMENT State Sen. Larry Walker, one of the Republicans sponsoring the bill, said the bill would not affect about 97 percent of voters, according to the AP. The remaining percentage of voters, Walker said, could vote in person. In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, voting rights group Fair Fight Action said the bill would add “needless barriers to voting in Georgia” and accused proponents of the measure of ignoring voters who would be affected by the legislation. “In Georgia, with more than 7,692,567 registered voters, that means that 230,777 electors may not have the requisite identification and will therefore incur a burden in complying with the law,” the group said, while also adding that the “discriminatory policy” shows “Georgia has not moved past the racist motivations for which it was included in preclearance under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.” The bill, which has more than 25 Republican co-sponsors, is one of a number of bills Republicans have filed in the Georgia General Assembly that would directly impact voting, particularly absentee voting , and voter registration in the state. Another bill advanced by a state Senate subcommittee in a party-line 3-2 vote would, if passed, require Georgians who wish to vote by absentee to ...
Police: 2 Men Wanted In Violent Queens Home Invasion Stole $3,000 From Woman At Gunpoint
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police say two men robbed and attacked a woman during a violent home invasion in Queens . It happened around 7 p.m. in Flushing on Feb. 26. READ MORE: 1 Injured In Manhole Fire In Midtown; FDNY, Utility Crews On Scene The men following the woman, 35, into her apartment after she took out the trash, according to police. READ MORE: 2nd Co-Op City Power Outage Affecting Residents In Same Buildings That Lost Electricity Friday The suspects allegedly threw the woman to the ground, pointed a gun at her head, then stole $3,000, two iPhones, a designer handbag and credit cards. MORE NEWS: Yonkers Home Destroyed In Fire, But No Injuries Reported Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish, 1-888-577-4782 . Tips can also be sent to the NYPDTips Twitter account or submitted online at NYPDCrimeStoppers.com. ...
