ALBANY – On a Friday afternoon last summer, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo convened his closest aides and advisers at the Executive Mansion for a project that would take up much of their weekend.
At that time, with the state five months into the coronavirus pandemic, it was not an unusual request: Cuomo s inner circle frequently met at the Albany mansion, his official residence, to prepare for a press conference or work on the latest COVID-related issue that had cropped up.
This was no ordinary brainstorm session.
When they arrived, Cuomo s senior aides were greeted with printed-out copies of a manuscript that would become the governor s best-selling book that fall,
Cuomo, top aides worked on COVID book in weekend work sessions
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Cuomo, top aides worked on COVID book in weekend work sessions
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Governor Andrew Cuomo is showing no signs of leaving office anytime soon, but the same cannot be said for top aides who have left his inner circle in recent weeks amid a growing litany of scandals.
An April 5 email, provided by a gubernatorial staffers, shows that Laura Edidin, formerly chief special counsel for ethics, risk and compliance, left the administration and was replaced by Victoria Lane, formerly a partner at the law firm Hinckley Allen. Edidin did not respond to a request for comment, and Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi declined to say why she left as the governor fights allegations that he had misused state resources to his own personal benefit. I don t participate in palace intrigue,” Azzopardi said in an email. “That’s my statement.”
Female aide said Cuomo aggressively groped her at Executive Mansion
Governor issues denial, but describes details of woman s account as gut-wrenching
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in Syracuse on Tuesday, just hours before new sexual harassment allegations against him were reported. (Office of the Governor)Mike Groll/Mike Groll/Office of Governor An
ALBANY A female aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned to the Executive Mansion late last year,
according to a person with direct knowledge of the woman s claims.
The staff member, whose identity is being withheld by the Times Union, had been called to the mansion under the apparent pretext of having her assist the governor with a minor technical issue involving his mobile phone. They were alone in Cuomo s private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her, accor