Melissa DeRosa Secretary to Governor participates in Andrew Cuomo statement that dining establishments can be open for in-door dining on September 30 at 3rd ave workplace.
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A leading assistant to embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned Sunday, stating in a declaration that the last 2 years have actually been “emotionally and mentally trying.”
Melissa DeRosa resigned as secretary to the guv as Cuomo deals with contacts us to step down after New York’s chief law officer launched a report less than a week ago declaring that Cuomo sexually pestered 11 females and broke state and federal laws.
Cuomo, who has actually withstood calls to resign from leading Democratic legislators and President Joe Biden, has actually rejected the claims.
In a video launched Sunday, among Cuomo’s accusers stated on “CBS This Morning” that she thought she was noted initially in the chief law officer’s report since her claims were the most outright of those of all the females who have actually stepped forward.
The female, Brittany Commisso, determined in the report as Executive Assistant #1, stated she was searched and pestered by Cuomo, a Democrat in his 3rd term.
“He groped me, he touched me, not only once but twice, and I don’t think that had happened to any of the other women, the touching,” she stated.
DeRosa revealed this year that the administration took months to launch information about the state’s coronavirus death toll since authorities “froze” over concerns that the info was “going to be used against us.”
State Attorney General Letitia James exposed that the State Health Department had actually underreported Covid-19 deaths in retirement home by as much as 50 percent. Federal detectives released an initial questions into how the administration dealt with the information in February.
The questions started after DeRosa made her remarks, individuals knowledgeable about the matter have actually informed NBC News, although it isn’t clear whether DeRosa is a topic of that examination.
In her declaration Sunday, she stated she was “forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state.”
