This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — An increasing number of state legislators are seeking to bypass Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo by pursuing a constitutional amendment, leaving it to New York's voters to replace a state ethics panel that has been accused of brushing aside wrongdoing — including allegations of sexual harassment and government corruption.The latest push to dismantle the Joint Commission on Public Ethics comes after that Cuomo was allegedly briefed on the details of the commission's closed-door deliberations early last year, around the time the panel...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — An increasing number of state legislators are seeking to bypass Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo by pursuing a constitutional amendment, leaving it to New York's voters to replace a state ethics panel that has been accused of brushing aside wrongdoing — including allegations of sexual harassment and government corruption.The latest push to dismantle the Joint Commission on Public Ethics comes after that Cuomo was allegedly briefed on the details of the commission's closed-door deliberations early last year, around the time the panel...WW…

ALBANY — The call came on a weekday in late November. The inexplicably had a technical issue with his and needed assistance at the Executive Mansion.He contacted one of his top executive assistants at the Capitol, Stephanie Benton, and made a blunt request: The governor wanted a specific female staff member to handle the minor assignment — a woman roughly half his age. That woman had joined the administration a few years earlier, eager to pursue a career in government and to put her bachelor's degree in political science to good use.She walked to her car parked at the Capitol and drove a...…ALBANY — The call came on a weekday in late November. The inexplicably had a technical issue with his and needed assistance at the Executive Mansion.He contacted one of his top executive assistants at the Capitol, Stephanie Benton, and made a blunt request: The governor wanted a specific female staff member to handle the minor assignment — a woman roughly half his age. That woman had joined the administration a few years earlier, eager to pursue a career in government and to put her bachelor's degree in political science to good use.She walked to her car parked at the Capitol and drove a...WW…

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is facing new sexual harassment allegations from a Rochester-area woman who says the governor held her hand, grabbed her face and kissed her on the cheek twice without her permission while visiting her family's residence following a flooding incident in 2017 in central New York.Sherry Vill, 55, and her attorney Gloria Allred detailed the allegations during a virtual news conference Monday. They also provided a photo — taken from a screen grab of a video shot by Vill's son — that showed the governor kissing the married mother on the cheek outside her...…ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is facing new sexual harassment allegations from a Rochester-area woman who says the governor held her hand, grabbed her face and kissed her on the cheek twice without her permission while visiting her family's residence following a flooding incident in 2017 in central New York.Sherry Vill, 55, and her attorney Gloria Allred detailed the allegations during a virtual news conference Monday. They also provided a photo — taken from a screen grab of a video shot by Vill's son — that showed the governor kissing the married mother on the cheek outside her...WW…

ALBANY — High-level members of the state Department of Health were directed last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.Members of Cuomo's family including his brother, his mother and at least one of his sisters were also tested by top health department officials — some several times, the sources said.The medical officials enlisted to do the testing, which often took...…ALBANY — High-level members of the state Department of Health were directed last year by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to the administration, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.Members of Cuomo's family including his brother, his mother and at least one of his sisters were also tested by top health department officials — some several times, the sources said.The medical officials enlisted to do the testing, which often took...WW…

ALBANY —  Despite the state attorney general's ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, senior aides to the governor said they are also conducting their own "parallel review" of a female aide's recent account of late last year."We have our own inquiries ongoing," a senior aide to the governor told the Times Union. "We have an obligation to investigate any claim of sexual harassment. And we, after reporting (the female aide's allegations) to the (attorney general), were directed to continue our own inquiry. … So there are multiple...…ALBANY —  Despite the state attorney general's ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, senior aides to the governor said they are also conducting their own "parallel review" of a female aide's recent account of late last year."We have our own inquiries ongoing," a senior aide to the governor told the Times Union. "We have an obligation to investigate any claim of sexual harassment. And we, after reporting (the female aide's allegations) to the (attorney general), were directed to continue our own inquiry. … So there are multiple...WW…

ALBANY — A high-strength bolt snapped at the threads as an ironworker, Jimmy Jordan, used a torque wrench to tighten it into a steel plate connecting two massive girders. A piece of the broken bolt bounced off an overhang and split his lip open as he looked up.It was January 2016, and Jordan was part of the team constructing the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at the project’s main assembly site along the Hudson River in the Port of Coeymans, about 100 miles north of the bridge. , which would ultimately be named after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, had been under way for a little more than two years...…ALBANY — A high-strength bolt snapped at the threads as an ironworker, Jimmy Jordan, used a torque wrench to tighten it into a steel plate connecting two massive girders. A piece of the broken bolt bounced off an overhang and split his lip open as he looked up.It was January 2016, and Jordan was part of the team constructing the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement at the project’s main assembly site along the Hudson River in the Port of Coeymans, about 100 miles north of the bridge. , which would ultimately be named after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, had been under way for a little more than two years...WW…

ALBANY —  A female aide to alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned to the Executive Mansion late last year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the woman's claims.The staff member, whose identity is being withheld by the Times Union, had been called to the mansion under the apparent pretext of having her assist the governor with a minor technical issue involving his mobile phone. They were on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her, according to the source.The...…ALBANY —  A female aide to alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned to the Executive Mansion late last year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the woman's claims.The staff member, whose identity is being withheld by the Times Union, had been called to the mansion under the apparent pretext of having her assist the governor with a minor technical issue involving his mobile phone. They were on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her, according to the source.The...WW…

ALBANY — A sixth woman has leveled allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, accusing him of touching her without consent late last year during an encounter at the governor's mansion, the Times Union has confirmed.The alleged incident took place after the woman, a member of the governor's Executive Chamber staff, had been summoned to the mansion to assist the governor with a work-related matter. The woman's supervisors recently became aware of the allegation and alerted the governor's counsel of it on Monday.An official close to the matter on Tuesday...…ALBANY — A sixth woman has leveled allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, accusing him of touching her without consent late last year during an encounter at the governor's mansion, the Times Union has confirmed.The alleged incident took place after the woman, a member of the governor's Executive Chamber staff, had been summoned to the mansion to assist the governor with a work-related matter. The woman's supervisors recently became aware of the allegation and alerted the governor's counsel of it on Monday.An official close to the matter on Tuesday...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Sunday called for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to resign amid widening sexual harassment allegations that are being leveled against him, marking the highest-ranking Democrat to call on the governor to step down.Minutes later, Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie also called for Cuomo to consider stepping aside.Hours earlier, Cuomo defiantly declared that pending the outcome of an investigation into the matter that is being steered by the attorney general's...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Sunday called for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to resign amid widening sexual harassment allegations that are being leveled against him, marking the highest-ranking Democrat to call on the governor to step down.Minutes later, Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie also called for Cuomo to consider stepping aside.Hours earlier, Cuomo defiantly declared that pending the outcome of an investigation into the matter that is being steered by the attorney general's...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateALBANY — The phone rang just before midnight on Jan. 11, 2012. The caller, Howard B. Glaser, who was Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's bellicose director of state operations, had learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had just filed comments unfavorable to the state's impact studies on hydrofracking.Glaser was on a mission to have the EPA analysis rescinded before the midnight deadline for receiving public comments expired. At that time, the Cuomo administration was on a path to approve the controversial natural gas drilling...WW…