NY 2022 - Zeldin/Esposito, Libertarian & WFP updates

[NewYorkExpress]

Groping allegations against Cuomo have been referred to the Albany Police Department.

An allegation of groping made by an aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) who said he fondled her at the Executive Mansion last year has been referred to police in Albany.

Albany Police Department spokesperson Steven Smith told The New York Times on Thursday that the department received the referral Wednesday night by New York State Police after The Times Union of Albany published additional details of an account by a sixth woman who accused the governor of unwanted sexual behavior.

The aide did not file a formal complaint over the incident. Cuomo has denied the allegation.


Smith told The New York Times that the referral doesn’t mean that the department has begun investigating, but that it has offered the victim services “as we would do with any other report or incident.”

Albany police said the referral came from state police but the governor's acting counsel Beth Garvey said the state notified the department because the unnamed aide declined to reach out.

“As a matter of state policy when allegations of physical contact are made, the agency informs the complainant that they should contact their local police department. If they decline, the agency has an obligation to reach out themselves and inform the department of the allegation,” Garvey said in a statement to The Hill.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Groping allegations against Cuomo have been referred to the Albany Police Department.

An allegation of groping made by an aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) who said he fondled her at the Executive Mansion last year has been referred to police in Albany.

Albany Police Department spokesperson Steven Smith told The New York Times on Thursday that the department received the referral Wednesday night by New York State Police after The Times Union of Albany published additional details of an account by a sixth woman who accused the governor of unwanted sexual behavior.

The aide did not file a formal complaint over the incident. Cuomo has denied the allegation.


Smith told The New York Times that the referral doesn’t mean that the department has begun investigating, but that it has offered the victim services “as we would do with any other report or incident.”

Albany police said the referral came from state police but the governor's acting counsel Beth Garvey said the state notified the department because the unnamed aide declined to reach out.

“As a matter of state policy when allegations of physical contact are made, the agency informs the complainant that they should contact their local police department. If they decline, the agency has an obligation to reach out themselves and inform the department of the allegation,” Garvey said in a statement to The Hill.

Lock him up!

[Mike Thick]

So it takes 7 strikes (at least) to strike out when you're in a position of power. I was never told that lesson as a kid.

It's very funny to me that there are all these legislators who expect us to believe they're like "Groping six women, well, that's excusable... but SEVEN? That is OVER THE LINE"

[User2836]

Cuomo is DONE.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Heastie confirms impeachment investigation.

https://twitter.com/jessemckinley/status/1370145629259849729?s=19

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Bad (or sick) guy.

Scratch this one off for 2024/2028.

[NewYorkExpress]

Bad (or sick) guy.

Scratch this one off for 2024/2028.

I don't recall Cuomo ever saying he was interested in running for President (if he was, wouldn't he have run in 2016 or 2020?)

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Bad (or sick) guy.

Scratch this one off for 2024/2028.

I don't recall Cuomo ever saying he was interested in running for President (if he was, wouldn't he have run in 2016 or 2020?)

He may have ran in 2020 had the Democrats not fully retaken the State Senate in 2018.

If he was president today, Democrats would be screwed. I often think about how the Kerry/Edwards administration would have collapsed and Edwards would have been forced to resign before Kerry faces a decisive defeat in 2008. Cuomo, meanwhile, would become the first president to face impeachment proceedings after his predecessor did.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

The Gothamist accidentally publishes a template for Cuomo's resignation.

https://twitter.com/kelleyrobinson/status/1370063801211572227?s=19

[coloradocowboi]

New York should not just get rid of Cuomo because of his terrible conduct on multiple fronts, but also because the alternative is so much better. Just replace the scumbag with this queen to get things on track:

https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1370062988821069835

Sry to tell you but this NRA supporter and anti-immigrant xenophobe is gonna get primaried and lose.

[If my soul was made of stone]

The Gothamist accidentally publishes a template for Cuomo's resignation.

https://twitter.com/kelleyrobinson/status/1370063801211572227?s=19

"[Describe his emotional state]" amuses me more than it has any right to.

[brucejoel99]

Literally the 3rd paragraph is evidently gonna lean hard into Andy not making Daddy proud & I'm f**king living for that.

[Duke of York]

New York should not just get rid of Cuomo because of his terrible conduct on multiple fronts, but also because the alternative is so much better. Just replace the scumbag with this queen to get things on track:

https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1370062988821069835

Sry to tell you but this NRA supporter and anti-immigrant xenophobe is gonna get primaried and lose.

Both of those are lies.

[Real Texan Politics]

Bad (or sick) guy.

Scratch this one off for 2024/2028.

I don't recall Cuomo ever saying he was interested in running for President (if he was, wouldn't he have run in 2016 or 2020?)

A lot of people (myself included) saw him as a potential frontrunner for the democratic nomination in 2024 if Trump won re-election.

Of course Trump didn't win, and now Cuomo will never become president (and I'm perfectly fine with that!).

[Lambsbread]

Nadler calls for Cuomo's resignation:

https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler/status/1370396670995873796?s=20

[Sir Mohamed]

Nadler the biggest name from congress so far?

Really hope Cuomo isn't able to drag and sit this out. He can't effectively govern anymore, or actually can't at all. But his ego is too big to get out of the way because he desperately wants to outdo his father by serving 4 terms.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1370399348396154886?s=19

[brucejoel99]

Dam: burst

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1370397818007994377

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones as well have joined.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney has joined the support for Cuomo's resignation, but perhaps even more notably, she's a very close connection to Gillibrand, who with Schumer is the biggest Dem on a shrinking list of those who've failed to join the calls for resignation. The walls are closing in.

[Skye]

I'll be surprised if Cuomo actually falls, but NGL, these are some pretty hard blows against him.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1370403166785781761?s=20

EDIT: Now SPM, whose voice is key since he chairs the DCCC.

https://twitter.com/RepSeanMaloney/status/1370413742178045953?s=20

EDIT2: Upstate time.

https://twitter.com/RobertHarding/status/1370410745679249417?s=20

[KaiserDave]

https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/1370413686351921156

There is no bottom

[GALeftist]

https://twitter.com/RepPaulTonko/status/1370419697552928771

And Tonko makes 14, if I'm not mistaken.

[Roll Roons]

Why is it that all the calls for resignations are citing the sexual harassment allegations rather than the nursing home story? I think the latter is far worse.