Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said Friday that he will not seek reelection for a fourth term that would begin next January. He has been investigating former President Donald Trump’s finances, and the Supreme Court last month cleared the way for the prosecutor’s office to receive Trump’s tax returns and other financial records.
“Representing the People of New York during this pivotal era for our city and our justice system has been the privilege of a lifetime,” the 66-year-old Vance said.
Cyrus Vance Jr., who has been Manhattan’s district attorney since 2010, said Friday that he will not seek reelection.
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ALBANY â The Assembly Judiciary Committee will begin an impeachment investigation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after city police contacted executive officials over a new accusation that the governor sexually assaulted an unnamed aide.
A current female aide alleges Cuomo aggressively groped her in the Governorâs Mansion last year after she was summoned to the residence to help fix a technical error with the governorâs cell phone, according to a Wednesday report in the Albany Times Union.
The staff member, whose identity was not disclosed, claims she and the governor were alone in Cuomoâs private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her.
Embroiled in two scandals related to nursing home data and sexual harassment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to face growing calls to resign.
State Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, D-Ithaca, released a statement expressing support for an investigation State Attorney General Letitia James is leading into Cuomo s conduct.
Referring to a New York Times article that states Cuomo aides concealed the number of nursing home deaths by rewriting a report, Kelles released a statement touching on the governor s actions. I am deeply troubled and angered by the most recent information that has come to light in the NYT report stating that Governor Cuomo and his aides falsified nursing home data and undermined the work of our health officials, Kelles wrote in her statement. It is unconscionable that the governor has broken his bond of trust with New Yorkers at a time when we need our leaders to make decisions and create policy in the best interest of the people not for politics or to manipul