🚨 BREAKING: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he will resign in 14 days in the wake of a damning and detailed investigation that found he violated laws and created a “toxic” culture with a pattern of sexual harassment. buzzfeednews.com/article/mattbe…
"The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing," Cuomo said after a long defense of his own actions.

Kathy Hochul, lieutenant governor, will replace him as the first woman to serve as governor of New York.
The state attorney general’s report thoroughly documented allegations of sexual harassment of current and former staff, including from a state trooper. The incidents ranged from comments, like Cuomo asking one woman if she would cheat on her husband, to physical touching.
His decision comes after months of insisting he would not leave office while the investigation into the alleged harassment was underway, even after he lost the support of nearly all of New York’s congressional delegation.
Cuomo is in his third term and was considered a sure bet to run for, and likely win, a fourth term in 2022. He is now the second consecutive elected governor to be forced from office. Eliot Spitzer resigned in 2008 in response to a sex scandal.
Cuomo has been the singular, dominant force in New York politics for more than a decade. His blunt use of power and ability to marginalize political enemies like Bill de Blasio established a reputation for Machiavellian aggression. buzzfeednews.com/article/mattbe…

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