
3.1 Attorney General-commissioned investigation.
1.14 Second unnamed state entity employee. 1.13 First unnamed state entity employee. 1.1.1 Allegations of smearing and silencing Boylan. On January 31, 2022, the last of five criminal cases which had been pursued against Cuomo was dismissed. Three days later, a judge would drop the criminal charge against Cuomo. On January 4, 2022, Albany County District Attorney David Soares dropped a criminal complaint against Cuomo and also announced that Cuomo would not face any other charges related to other groping allegations, citing lack of evidence. On August 10, Cuomo announced that he would step down from office in 14 days, making his resignation effective on August 24. President Joe Biden stated his support for Attorney General James's independent investigation he later called on Cuomo to resign after the investigatory report was released. The entire New York congressional delegation, including New York's two United States Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and over 120 New York State legislators called for Cuomo's resignation, as did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, and Eric Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City. The controversy surrounding these allegations culminated in Governor Cuomo's resignation from office. In August 2021, James released an investigatory report which stated that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women during his time in office, with actions such as unwanted groping, kissing and sexual comments. On March 11, the New York State Assembly authorized an impeachment investigation into the allegations. On February 28, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she would hire and deputize a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations.
He denied all allegations, and has apologized for his comments being interpreted as sexually charged. Andrew Cuomo, the 56th governor of New York, was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020, with the accusations covering a range of alleged behavior.