2 September 2021: Albany County DA Ramps Up Investigation of Alleged Cuomo Sexual Harassment

Surveillance videos, other evidence subpoenaed in Andrew Cuomo ‘grope’ probe

The Albany County district attorney is ramping up the criminal probe of Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment of Brittany Commisso.

Law enforcement authorities investigating the alleged groping of an aide by disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo have served six subpoenas for surveillance videos and other evidence to establish a “timeline” of events, The Post has learned.

The subpoenas — which also seek records of phone calls and keycard swipes at secure entrances — were served on the Executive Mansion, where the incident allegedly occurred, and the state Capitol, where accuser Brittany Commisso works, according to a source briefed on the matter.

The effort is aimed at “creating a timeline to verify who was there and when,” the source said.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares — who issued the subpoenas — hasn’t launched a grand jury investigation of Commisso’s allegations, but information “is starting to come in” and the probe is expected to “expand a lot,” the source said.

Under New York state law, sexual harassment involving physical contact of the type alleged by Commisso is prosecutable as a misdemeanor, carrying a potential jail sentence of up to one year.

District attorneys in several other jurisdictions in New York are investigating Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment of several other women.