Cuomo lawyer who was figure in sexual misconduct allegation set to resign

A top lawyer to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a key figure in the inquiry into the governor’s alleged sexual misconduct is set to resign next week, officials said.

The departure of Special Counsel Judith Mogul would come just two weeks after Cuomo was apparently questioned by the state’s top lawyer about widespread accusations of sexual harassment that began to be publicized late last year. One of the Democrat’s accusers — former aid Charlotte Bennett, 26 — said that she complained to Mogul and then-chief of staff Jill DesRosiers last summer about alleged harassment by Cuomo and was told by unnamed officials there was no need to investigate because the governor’s conduct never got past the “grooming” stage.