7 April 2021: Cuomo Sexual Harassment Allegations Now Include Groping Incident

Cuomo aide says he slammed door shut before groping her

The nature of the allegations of sexual harassment involving Governor Cuomo as a perpetrator have taken a more graphic turn than in the previous allegations. We're going to present this new information a little backwards, first providing a summary introduction to the new allegations from the AP's coverage of a story broken by the Albany Times-Union:

An aide who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her at his official residence told a newspaper in her first public interview it was a frightening physical encounter in which the Democrat slammed a door and said “I don’t care” when she warned someone might see what he was doing.

“It was almost like I felt like a piece of garbage to him. I felt degraded,” she said.

The interview published by the Times Union of Albany on Wednesday adds new details to the most serious accusation against Cuomo, a Democrat who is being investigated after a series of women accused him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior.

The woman, who still works in the governor’s office, spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity to protect her privacy, although her identity is known within the governor’s circle.

Now, here is the Albany Times-Union's article, which provides much more graphic detail:

In her own words: Woman describes Cuomo's alleged groping at mansion

Ick.

As long as we're on the topic, here's additional analysis from the Times-Union:

Power imbalances are at the root of sexual harassment - but statements like Andrew Cuomo's don't acknowledge that inconvenient fact

Governor Cuomo is very limited in what he can say about any of the scandals in which he is engulfed. He cannot afford to say anything that either demonstrates blatant hypocrisy or that exposes him to criminal legal liability. Which is also to say the last thing he can afford to be is honest.