26 January 2025: Federal Prosecutors Find Cuomo Sexually Harassed 13 Women, Engaged in Retaliation

Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 13 female employees, retaliated against ex-staff: Feds

The state of New York has entered a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice after federal investigators determined the resigned-in-disgrace former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed at least 13 women while governor and engaged in retaliation against several.

Federal prosecutors are backing the New York attorney general’s findings that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women and created a hostile work environment in the governor’s office.

In a settlement agreement between the feds and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced Friday, the US Attorney’s Office slammed Cuomo for sexually harassing and later retaliating against former employees, even though the former governor continues to deny the allegations.

“Former Governor Cuomo subjected at least thirteen female employees of New York State, including Executive Chamber employees, to a sexually hostile work environment. Governor Cuomo repeatedly subjected these female employees to unwelcome, non-consensual sexual contact; ogling; unwelcome sexual comments; gender-based nicknames; comments on their physical appearances; and/or preferential treatment based on their physical appearances,” the report reads.

The settlement agreement was the result of federal prosecutors’ own investigation into the former governor, which was carried out separately from probes initiated by Attorney General Letitia James and the state Assembly Judiciary Committee.

The findings reported in the settlement will likely provide a basis for the state government to settle several lawsuits filed by Cuomo's alleged victims, who now have much stronger cases against Cuomo for his conduct in office.

This entry was added to the timeline on 22 April 2025.