22 July 2021: After Sexual Harassment Deposition, Cuomo Avoiding Reporters

Gov. Cuomo lays low after apparent questioning in AG’s sex harassment probe

The media has begun noticing that Andrew M. Cuomo is once again avoiding contact with reporters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was still lying low Wednesday after his apparent weekend grilling over sexual harassment allegations — leading critics to accuse him of ducking the media to avoid being asked what he told investigators.

Cuomo’s public schedule put him in Albany with no public appearances and marked a full week since his last news conference, when he joined Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams and other officials in Brooklyn to discuss surging gun violence.

The last time Cuomo has gone that long without taking questions from reporters amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was an eight-day stretch between Feb. 22 and March 3.

Not exactly cutting a profile in courage, is he?

This report provides additional information about the deposition that we haven't seen reported elsewhere:

Cuomo spent nearly 13 hours that day in Manhattan, apparently meeting with the probers via Zoom, as some of his accusers have said they did previously.

A member of Cuomo’s security detail was photographed escorting the transfer of four cardboard file boxes — two of which were wrapped with red evidence tape — out of the building at 633 Third Ave. that houses Cuomo’s office on Saturday evening.

Combined with his silence following the deposition, the picture being presented to the public does not suggest things went well for Cuomo during the deposition. That may explain the recent increase in attacks by Team Cuomo aimed at smearing the lawyers behind the questioning.