As Cuomo Fights for Survival, He Revives His Combative Image

The governor has begun to publicly undermine the state attorney general, Letitia James, who is overseeing investigations into Mr. Cuomo’s conduct.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Over the past few weeks, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has crisscrossed New York, promoting the state’s vaccine rollout and economic reopening, heralding the end of pandemic-era curfews and capacity limits. It is not as though he is oblivious to the numerous sexual harassment accusations lodged against him; his denials have grown increasingly defiant. He adamantly refuses to step down, no matter the findings of ongoing investigations into the claims. “I did nothing wrong, period,” Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, said last week. “I’m not resigning and I’m doing my job every day.”