The Assembly’s investigation is finally finished and it goes beyond “overwhelming evidence” of sexual harassment
Photo: John Minchillo/AP/Shutterstock After Attorney General Letitia James’s office released a report in August accusing Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing 11 women as governor, his team frequently claimed that James had a political agenda, citing her then-expected run for governor.
Cuomo’s most serious accuser gets backup The Assembly’s report summarized the claims made against Cuomo by several women, including ex-aides Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett, but highlighted two specific allegations of unwanted touching: the allegations made by a New York State Trooper who was part of the governor’s security detail, and those made by Brittany Commisso, a former executive assistant in the governor’s office who says he groped her in the governor’s mansion.
Employees were forced to work on his memoir The report also determined that state resources were improperly used to complete Cuomo’s book about his handling of the pandemic as governor, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Investigators determined that multiple levels of staffers worked on the book, despite a requirement by the state ethics commission that governmental personnel and resources not be used to complete the book, which Cuomo received a $5.
Cuomo directed staff to craft a better report on COVID nursing-home deaths It turns out that a dubious report on the number of nursing-home residents in the state killed by COVID was issued on Cuomo’s orders, according to investigators. In March 2020, as the virus ravaged New York and flooded hospitals with the sick and dying, he issued a directive that a nursing-home resident couldn’t be denied admission to a long-term care facility based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID.