26 March 2021: Cuomo Aides Received Subpoenas from NY Attorney General

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Aides Receive Subpoenas in Sexual-Harassment Investigation

This report indicates New York Attorney General Letitia James acted to issue subpoenas to several top Cuomo administration aides, including Melissa DeRosa, earlier this month. The attorney general is investigating the various sexual harassment allegations that have been levied against Governor Cuomo.

The New York state attorney general’s office has subpoenaed dozens of officials in the Cuomo administration, including his top aide, requesting that they produce documents as part of an investigation of sexual-harassment accusations against the governor, according to people familiar with the matter.

Melissa DeRosa, whose title is secretary to the governor and who has been at the center of the state’s pandemic response, is among the officials to receive a subpoena earlier this month, the people said. Investigators for the attorney general have also questioned women accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior about their interactions with Ms. DeRosa, the women and their lawyers said.

It seems odds that James isn't investigating DeRosa's 11 February 2021 admission the Cuomo administration falsely reported the full extent of COVID deaths among nursing home residents while the administration's deadly 25 March 2020 directive was in effect, but that would require the formal request of State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to initiate that criminal investigation.