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Andrew Cuomo denies the sexual harassment allegations and does not want to step down as New York Governor
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo denies the sexual harassment allegations made against him.
"I've never done anything like that," said the Democrat to journalists on Friday.
He will not resign from his office.
59 party friends from the US state had previously requested Cuomo's resignation in a letter.
The 63-year-old is now accused of sexual harassment by six women.
Cuomo himself asked the public to wait until all the facts were known.
“Politicians who don't know a single fact have already drawn their conclusions.
In my opinion it is reckless and dangerous. ”And further:“ People know the difference between the games in politics and cancel culture and the truth. ”
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday she believed the women accusing Cuomo.
She also referred again to the allegations that the governor is said to have downplayed and concealed the number of corona fatalities in old people's homes.
As the "New York Times" and the "Wall Street Journal" reported, Cuomo's close employees modified a report by the health authority in order to disguise the true number of corona deaths in old people's and nursing homes.
According to the AP news agency, the Democratic MPs are also considering removing Cuomo through impeachment if necessary.
The governor allegedly touched the women - mostly government employees - inappropriately or verbally harassed them.
The first allegedly affected had already made their allegations public in February, on Wednesday the now sixth woman raised allegations in a local newspaper that Cuomo had ordered her into the governor's residence and then sexually harassed.
Cuomo had recently announced that he would draw his conclusions from the allegations and reconsider his behavior.
It was common for him to kiss and hug people as a greeting.
The Democrat stressed, however, that "he never touched anyone inappropriately."
Cuomo has been New York State Governor for ten years.
Dozens of Democratic MPs in the New York Parliament have now turned their backs on him.
The Judiciary Committee opened an investigation that could lead to the initiation of official proceedings against the governor.
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