After a sixth woman has come forward accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual impropriety, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is now calling for the governor's resignation.
"It is disgusting to me, and he can no longer serve as governor; it's as simple as that," de Blasio said during a Thursday press briefing.
"He just can't serve as governor anymore," de Blasio concluded.
A sixth woman is alleging she had to pull away from Cuomo after he reached up her shirt and fondled her during an invite to the governor's mansion in late 2020. She reportedly was called to the governor's mansion because Cuomo needed help with his phone.
"The latest report, and the fact that we can talk about how many people are bringing forward accusations, that it's not 1, it's not 2, it's not 3, it's not 4, it's not 5, it's 6 women who have come forward, it's deeply troubling," de Blasio said. "The specific allegation that the governor called an employee of his – someone he had power over – called them to a private place and then sexually assaulted her is absolutely unacceptable."
At least five accusers, Charlotte Bennett, Lindsey Boylan, Anna Liss, Karen Hinton, and the latest accuser, worked for the governor in Albany or during his time in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet, while another, Anna Ruch, met Cuomo at a wedding, according to The New York Times.
"I think we've seen so many, so many troubling things that have come out just in a matter of weeks starting with the fact that thousands of people died in the nursing homes and we still don't have the truth about that, and their families need and deserve the truth," de Blasio said. "And we know one thing, that there was a purposeful cover-up and that alone is unacceptable and disqualifying."
De Blasio is joining the effort of least 85 state legislators to get Cuomo out of office, either via resignation or impeachment.
Gov. Cuomo had rejected allegations against him before this unnamed sixth woman's allegations surfaced Wednesday.
"I never touched anyone inappropriately," Cuomo said last week in his first public statement on the allegations, despite the allegations of the first accusers not necessarily being related to groping – most allegations being verbal sexual harassment or an unwanted kiss on the lips.
"I never knew at the time I was making anyone feel uncomfortable," he added. "I certainly never, ever meant to offend anyone or hurt anyone or cause anyone pain.
"That is the last thing I would want to do."
Cuomo has also been defiant against calls for his resignation, even telling New York to impeachment him.
"I am not going to resign," Cuomo said during a briefing last week. "I was elected by the people of New York. I'm going to do the job the people of the state elected me to do."
On the sixth accusers' groping allegation, Cuomo issued another denial through his spokesperson, adding he will not comment further amid investigations.
"I have never done anything like this," Cuomo said through a spokesperson Wednesday.
"The details of this report are gut-wrenching."
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