Photo: Getty Images
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is resigning following a bombshell sexual harassment report. Cuomo said it is best for the state and will only help New York move forward.
The state's attorney general announced the findings of her five-month investigation into allegations from multiple women that Cuomo created a sexually hostile work environment.
The report concludes the Democrat touched their "intimate body parts" and made unwanted advances.
The first woman to go public with accusations that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexual harassed her plans on suing. Former Cuomo Aide Lindsey Boylan wrote on her blog yesterday that she intends to sue the Governor and others involved in efforts to smear her.
Boylan accuses Cuomo of continuing to gaslight and revictimize his accusers. The Attorney General report last week accused Cuomo of sexually harassing 11 women. Boylan is the second accuser to announce a lawsuit against the Governor.
Cuomo's political career has spanned three-decades. The Queens native graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx and studied law at Union University's Albany Law School before entering private practice.
Like his father the late former-Governor Mario Cuomo, he ultimately entered politics. Andrew Cuomo served as President Clinton's HUD Secretary and was then elected New York's Attorney General in 2006. He became Governor of New York in 2010, winning re-election twice before resigning today.
His resignation will take effect in 14 days.