Several women at a rally in New York City don't believe the allegations, with one Cuomo supporter saying that his accusers are 'looking for notoriety.'
, New York State Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs, Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams, and New York Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Gregory Meeks also called for the governor to step down.on Thursday."I hope he will, but he has to make that final determination."
Cuomo's personal lawyer Rita Glavin and Paul Fishman of Arnold and Porter LLP laid out their defense in a news conference Friday following the release of Attorney General James' scathing 165-page report on the governor.Cuomo's legal team of downplaying sexual harassment allegations and"triggering" survivors of assault with their defense of the governor.
Yuh-Line Niou, an assembly member who is also a sexual assault survivor, reacted to the defense in an interview on"When the attorneys had appeared together, and were talking, they definitely were saying some things that I can tell you personally was very triggering," she said, referring to Glavin's attack on an accuser's credibility.
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