Latest allegation against Andrew Cuomo reported at Albany Police Department

Albany Police Department officials said on Thursday that they have received a report that the alleged incident involving NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and a female aide at the Executive Mansion may have reached “the level of a crime.”

According to an Albany spokesman, Steve Smith said that a formal complaint has not been filed in the department by the woman, who is yet to be identified. The department reached out to a representative for her, reported The New York Times. 

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The department has not opened an official investigation yet but Smith said will follow protocol “as we would do with any other report or incident.”

As per the police, the report was received on Wednesday. The Times Union of Albany published an article detailing the allegations against Cuomo of groping the unidentified aide in his mansion. 

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According to The Times Union, the unidentified aide was called to the governor’s mansion to help with some technical issues he was facing on the second floor of his residence. Cuomo allegedly began to inappropriately touch her and put his hands under her blouse. 

Beth Garvey, the governor’s acting counsel said, “As a matter of state policy, when allegations of physical contact are made, the agency informs the complainant that they should contact their local police department, If they decline, the agency has an obligation to reach out themselves and inform the department of the allegation.”

“In this case, the person is represented by counsel and when counsel confirmed the client did not want to make a report, the state notified the police department and gave them the attorney’s information,” Garvey added.

Denying this, Cuomo said in a statement on Wednesday, “I have never done anything like this.”

The latest allegation by the unidentified aide surfaced on March 3 when a female supervisor in Cuomo’s office noticed the aide getting emotional when the Governor was giving a televised apology and denying accusations of touching anyone inappropriately. 

She then told the advisor about the entire incident.