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Cuomo’s Downfall: A Study in Corruption and Bad Governance

By now, the news has spread far and wide – another Governor of New York State is embroiled in a sexual scandal.  

It wasn’t that long ago that New York State Governor Elliot Spitzer, the self-described “Steamroller,” and “Sheriff of Wall Street,” resigned his office in disgrace after it was revealed that he’d had sex numerous times with prostitutes.  As described in the New York Post, Spitzer told his close advisor, Lloyd Constantine,  “I have to resign… the Times will report that I have been involved with prostitutes…I can’t continue as governor.”   Constantine added, “We urged him to stay for the good of the people of the state…(b)ut I guess he just didn’t want to be governor anymore.” 

Those events occurred in 2008, 13 years ago.  At that time, Spitzer realized that the public revelations of his actions meant he could no longer govern.  Compare that almost-quaint ethos with recent events.

“’This is a sad day for New York because independent investigators have concluded that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and, in doing so, broke the law,’ said (New York State) Attorney General (Letitia) James…(s)tarting in December 2020, multiple women came forward with allegations that Governor (Andrew) Cuomo sexually harassed them. Over the course of the investigation, the investigators interviewed 179 individuals. Those interviewed included complainants, current and former members of the Executive Chamber, State Troopers, additional state employees, and others who interacted regularly with the governor…(b)acked up by corroborating evidence and credible witnesses, the investigators detail multiple current or former New York state employees or women outside state service who were the targets of harassing conduct on the part of the governor.” 

The Report from the New York Attorney General details a series of encounters between the new “Love Gov” and various women.  For instance, “Since approximately late 2019, the Governor engaged in a pattern of inappropriate conduct with…Executive Assistant #1…(t)hat pattern of conduct included: (1) close and intimate hugs; (2) kisses on the cheeks, forehead, and at least one kiss on the lips; (3) touching and grabbing of Executive Assistant #1’s butt during hugs and, on one occasion, while taking selfies with (Cuomo); and (4) comments and jokes by the Governor about Executive Assistant #1’s personal life and relationships, including…inquiring multiple times about whether she had cheated or would cheat on her husband, and asking her to help find him a girlfriend.”

Then there are these allegations: “In early November 2017, the Governor briefly met a New York State Trooper (‘Trooper #1’), a woman, at an event on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge…also known as the Triborough Bridge… Trooper #1 was then hired into the (Protective Service Unit) PSU, despite not meeting the requirement to have at least three years of State Police service to join the PSU… (a)fter Trooper #1 joined the PSU, the Governor sexually harassed her on a number of occasions, including…running his hand across her stomach, from her belly button to her right hip, while she held a door open for him at an event…running his finger down her back, from the top of her neck down her spine to the middle of her back, saying ‘hey, you,’ while she was standing in front of him in an elevator…(and) making sexually suggestive and gender-based comments, including (a) asking her to help him find a girlfriend and describing his criteria for a girlfriend as someone who ‘[c]an handle pain,’” 

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According to the Press Release issued by the Office of the New York State Attorney General, “The investigation found that Governor Cuomo’s sexual harassment of multiple women…violated multiple state and federal laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and 42 U.S. Code § 1983, in addition to the Executive Chamber’s own equal employment policies.” 

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