New York Governor, Cuomo, Resigns Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

The governor of an American state, New York, Andrew Cuomo, has announced during a televised address Tuesday that he was resigning from his position after allegations of sexual harassment.

“The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to government,” he said during the speech. 

An inquiry by the New York Attorney General Letitia James had found that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. He still denied that he had acted inappropriately during the address.

Cuomo said his resignation will come into effect in 14 days. 

He will be replaced in the role by New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. The 62-year-old will be the state’s first-ever female governor.

US President Joe Biden, along with other national and New York Democratic Party leaders, had previously called on Cuomo to resign.

Cuomo, who is in his third term in office, received positive media attention last year and an Emmy award for his press conferences during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The New York governor also wrote a book about his leadership during the health crisis.

According to DW, he has also faced criticism for a controversial policy of putting coronavirus patients in nursing homes.

Cuomo previously served as New York’s attorney general and US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Democratic President Bill Clinton. He was landed his first term as New York’s governor in November 2010.

Cuomo’s father, Mario Cuomo, also served as New York’s governor in the 1980’s and 1990’s. His brother Chris Cuomo is an anchor at news outlet CNN.

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