New York Senate Majority Leader, State Assembly Speaker Both Call on Cuomo to Resign After 5 Women Accuse NY Gov. of Sexual Harassment
New York’s Democrat Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Sunday both called on Governor Cuomo to resign.
Defiant Cuomo is refusing to resign, calling demands for him to step down by New York politicians “anti-democratic.”
“We have allegations about sexual harassment, a toxic work environment, the loss of credibility surrounding the Covid-18 nursing home data and questions about the construction of a major infrastructure project,” Stewart-Cousins said in a statement. “For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign.”
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he shares the sentiment of Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins regarding Cuomo’s ability to lead the state.
“The allegations pertaining to the Governor that have been reported in recent weeks have been deeply disturbing,
