Politics

BREAKING: NY Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, AG investigation reveals

Published

2 years ago

August 3, 2021

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By Jenny Goldsberry

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that her investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. This comes after investigators spoke to 179 individuals and reviewed 74,000 pieces of evidence according to James.

“Specifically, the investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former New York State employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women,” James said.

Then, Cuomo himself was interviewed for 11 hours. “We found his denials to lack credibility and to be inconsistent with the weight of evidence obtained during our investigation,” James said.

However the AG’s office also found that Cuomo’s office enabled his behavior. “We also conclude that the Executive Chamber’s culture — one filled with fear and intimidation, while at the same time normalizing the Governor’s frequent flirtations and gender-based comments — contributed to the conditions that allowed the sexual harassment to occur and persist,” the report reads. “That culture also influenced the improper and inadequate ways in which the Executive Chamber has responded to allegations of harassment.”

These allegations against Cuomo began in February, a former aide took her story of abuse to The New York Times. Then aide, Charlotte Bennett, alleged that Cuomo had asked her questions about her sex life during a June 2020 conversation in his office. She interpreted Cuomo’s comments to be “clear overtures to a sexual relationship.” Another ex-aide, Lindsey Boylan claimed in a February Medium post that he had engaged in inappropriate gestures, even including an unwanted kiss.

Cuomo’s office has not been responding to requests for comment.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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Economy

BREAKING: House fails to pass stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown

Published

20 hours ago

September 29, 2023

Sara Carter Staff

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The House of Representatives failed to pass a continuing resolution negotiated between conservative and moderate House Republicans in an effort to avoid a government shutdown.

The Spending Reduction and Border Security Act was introduced by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida on Sept. 18, following negotiations between the conservative House Freedom Caucus and centrist Main Street Caucus, as a compromise between divided factions of the House Republican Conference to achieve unanimity while avoiding a government shutdown. The bill failed the House by a vote of 198 yeas to 232 nays, with all Democrats voting against the bill.

The bill would fund the government until Oct. 31 and cut public spending by 8.1285%, according to the bill’s text. This would yield $1.59 trillion for one month until the House and Senate pass 12 appropriations bills to provide permanent funding for the 2024 fiscal year.

The Biden administration issued a statement on Friday staunchly opposing the bill, claiming that its cuts to public spending were too severe. It indicated that President Joe Biden will veto the bill if it is presented to him, which means it is unlikely to be passed by the Democratic-led Senate, either.

The Senate has been working on its own bipartisan continuing resolution to fund the government, which includes funding for Ukraine. House Republicans have criticized the bill, with Donalds saying that it is “dead on arrival” in the House.

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