NY Governor Cuomo faces impeachment, rising pressure to resign

Local prosecutors investigating Mario Cuomo after an independent probe validates sexual misconduct allegations by 11 women.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is fighting for his political life amid calls for his resignation, local law enforcement inquiries and the threat of impeachment by the state legislature following findings by the state’s attorney general that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 young women in his office and official residence. A majority of New York State Assembly members on Wednesday told The Associated Press they support launching impeachment proceedings against the embattled governor if he does not resign. Cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment of women employees in his state office, violating federal and state laws, an independent investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James’s office concluded.