Melissa DeRosa, Andrew Cuomo top aide, resigns

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Melissa DeRosa, a fixture next to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for months during his coronavirus news conferences, resigned late Sunday on the heels of a report that found Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, leaving the governor without his top aide as he faces the prospect of impeachment.

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Cuomo impeachment investigation receives 200 tips

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Lawyers helping the New York Assembly investigate whether Gov. Andrew should be impeached have received more than 200 tips and spoken with attorneys for about 70 people and four government agencies, a lawmaker overseeing the probe said Wednesday.

Speaking at a legislative hearing, Assembly Judiciary Committee ...

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New York ethics agency’s role in Cuomo allegations unclear

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As impeachment investigators in the New York legislature and the attorney general’s office take the lead in investigating allegations of power abuses and improprieties by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it remains to be seen what role might be played by the state's ethics agency.

Top Democratic ...

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Impeachment probe into Gov. Cuomo could take ‘months’

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - It could take “months” to determine whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be impeached after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct and questions remain about his administration's undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, the chair of the state Assembly's judiciary committee said Tuesday.

Chair Charles Lavine ...

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Cuomo impeachment talk grows in New York Legislature

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As he’s reeled from twin scandals over his treatment of women and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had to confront a once-unthinkable question: Could enough rogue Democrats combine with Republicans to force him out of office?

A vocal group of ...

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Impeachment? Vindication? What comes next in Cuomo probe

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York’s attorney general has promised a thorough investigation of allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least two women.

But if the investigation finds evidence of wrongdoing, what then? Who gets to decide what discipline, if any, the Democrat might face?

New York has ...

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