Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a report by New York's attorney general that found he sexually harassed 11 women, a dramatic fall for a once-powerful figure whose U.S. political career spanned four decades.
Dec. 6, 1957 - Andrew Cuomo born in New York City to parents Mario Cuomo and Matilda Raffa Cuomo.
September 2002 - Trailing in the polls to Carl McCall, Cuomo withdraws from Democratic primary for New York state governor a week before the election.November 2010 - Elected to first term as governor.November 2018 - Elected to third term as governor. February 2021 - Cuomo's fall from grace gains momentum when Boylan and another former aide accuse the governor of sexually harassing them. Boylan publishes an essay in web platform Medium accusing Cuomo of several inappropriate gestures toward her when she worked for the state government from 2015 to 2018. A second former aide, Charlotte Bennett, tells the New York Times Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life.
March 1 - A third woman comes forward with accusations of inappropriate behavior in a New York Times interview. March 6 - Two more women accuse Cuomo of inappropriate behavior in interviews published in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Other accusations follow.
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