Police: Latest accusation against Cuomo may rise ‘to the level of a crime’
The latest accusation of sexual misconduct against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been referred to the Albany Police Department, police officials say.
A woman who works as an aide to Cuomo said Tuesday the governor aggressively groped her in the governor's official residence late last year.
Her story emerged after she heard the governor saying recently that he had never touched a woman inappropriately.
The allegation by the woman, the sixth one to accuse Cuomo of inappropriate sexual conduct, may have risen to “to the level of a crime,” according to Albany Police Department officials.
The officials said Thursday that they had been notified by the New York State Police and the governor’s office about the alleged incident at the Executive Mansion.
Cuomo has so far denied the allegations by the women, most of whom are former aides. He also said, in response to the latest accusation, that “I have never done anything like this.”
Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday joined calls for Cuomo to resign over the allegations, saying he “just can’t serve as governor anymore.”
De Blasio, a longtime political rival of Cuomo, described the latest accusation as disturbing.
“The specific allegation that the governor called an employee of his, someone who he had power over, called them to a private place and then sexually assaulted her, it’s absolutely unacceptable,” de Blasio told reporters. “It is disgusting to me, and he can no longer serve as governor.”
Since late February, when Cuomo’s first accuser published an essay alleging he made unwanted advances, calls for him to resign have been mounting.
Last weekend, the two top Democrats in New York’s state legislature urged the governor to step down, arguing the accusations have undercut his ability to lead.
Also on Thursday, over 55 Democratic New York legislators followed suit, calling for his resignations.
“As legislators and as New Yorkers we all must decide what is best for the future of New York State,” they said in a letter posted on Twitter by one of its signatories, Democratic Assemblywoman Amanda Septimo of the South Bronx.
“Enough is enough,” Septimo wrote.
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