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THREAD: Gov. Cuomo refuses to resign, denies independent probe that concluded he sexually harassed multiple women and violated federal and state law trib.al/cAWW6DX

Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed back on a bombshell official report commissioned by Attorney General Letitia James that found Cuomo touched staffers’ “intimate body parts” without consent and allegedly retaliated against some of his victims trib.al/6Jcb1dr

One former employee told investigators that Cuomo made women feel like “prey,” as his “gaze would linger on them, seemingly taking in their whole bodies, and then he would hold eye contact with the women for longer than expected” trib.al/IEtaoGS

In his defense, Gov. Andrew Cuomo played a photo montage of himself kissing and touching multiple people during a live-streamed response to the report trib.al/6Jcb1dr

The governor was also recorded singing a 1960s love song to a female aide less than half his age during a phone call in 2019. Some of the lyrics included, “Do you really love me? Do you care?” trib.al/4x3SGZX

Democrats who control the state Assembly are holding an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the “disturbing” and “gut-wrenching” details, as Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) described the investigation’s findings trib.al/Hyc1209

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the New York governor to resign, including both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) trib.al/36fg3L0

Gov. Cuomo’s latest response: “I welcome the opportunity for a full and fair review before a judge and a jury, because this just did not happen” trib.al/cAWW6DX

A 2013 tweet from Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying that there should be a “zero tolerance policy” for sexual misconduct recirculated on Twitter Tuesday, after the independent probe found he himself harassed at least 11 women trib.al/vNwEWQu

Mayor Bill de Blasio again called on Andrew Cuomo to step down, saying he found the findings of Attorney General Tish James’ probe “disqualifying” for the Gov. and “painful to hear” trib.al/uAXJglT

The probe also found that CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was among a group of advisors not employed by NY state that were “regularly provided with confidential and often privileged information and helped make decisions about state operations" trib.al/Xso05gT

The AG didn’t say anything about referring Cuomo for potential prosecution, but one of the lawyers, Anne Clark, noted that the Albany Police Department had already been notified of the most serious allegation against him trib.al/6Jcb1dr