Manhattan, Westchester, Nassau DAs ask for evidence from Cuomo sex harassment probe

In a letter to a lawyer for the attorney general’s office, Vance’s chief assistant district attorney, Nitin Savur, said the report includes “two unnamed victims of potential sex crimes incidents that may have occurred in New York County.”

Those unnamed accusers are the trooper, who said Cuomo touched her inappropriately at his New York City office, and a state employee, who alleged Cuomo grabbed her behind during a work event.

“In order to properly investigate these potential sex crimes, it is necessary for us to speak with the two victims,” Savur wrote. He asked James’ office for the names and contact information for the unnamed complainants, as well as other relevant investigative materials.

A spokesperson for Cuomo referred CNBC to his remarks from a video responding to the report, when he said, “I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances.”

“I am 63 years old. I have lived my entire adult life in public view. That is just not who I am and that’s not who I have ever been,” Cuomo said. 

Earlier this year, Cuomo rebuffed a wave of calls for his resignation, including from dozens of Democrats in New York and nationally.

But Tuesday’s release of the damning report prompted a new batch of high-profile Democrats, including President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to urge Cuomo to resign.

Jay Jacobs, chairman of the New York state Democratic Party, joined that chorus Wednesday afternoon.

“It is my hope that the legacy of the progressive change he brought to our people and the renewal of infrastructure he brought to our State will outshine the darkness of this sorry episode,” Jacobs said in a statement. “And so, it is with sadness and a measure of regret that I must ask the Governor to resign his office and allow the important work of the State – work that he did so much to advance – to continue.”

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