{"id":188600,"date":"2021-03-03T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188600"},"modified":"2021-03-03T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:30:56","slug":"ny-governor-cuomo-responds-to-misconduct-allegations-i-never-touched-anyone-inappropriately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-governor-cuomo-responds-to-misconduct-allegations-i-never-touched-anyone-inappropriately\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Governor Cuomo Responds To Misconduct Allegations: \u2018I Never Touched Anyone Inappropriately\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-governor-cuomo-responds-to-misconduct-allegations-i-never-touched-anyone-inappropriately%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188600&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) responded to misconduct allegations that he is facing by saying during a press conference on Wednesday that he \u201cdeeply apologized\u201d for his conduct and that he is \u201cembarrassed\u201d over the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to address the recent allegations that have been made against me,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cAs you probably know, the Attorney General is doing an independent review and I will fully cooperate with that review. Now, the lawyers say, I shouldn\u2019t say anything, when you have a pending review until that review is over, I understand that. I\u2019m a lawyer too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, I fully support a woman\u2019s right to come forward,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cAnd I think it should be encouraged in every way. I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable. It was unintentional. And I truly and deeply apologize for it. I feel awful about it. And frankly, I am embarrassed by it. And that\u2019s not easy to say. But that\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never touched anyone inappropriately,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cI never knew at the time that I was making anyone feel uncomfortable. And I certainly never ever meant to offend anyone, or hurt anyone or cause anyone any pain. That is the last thing I would ever want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A tearful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYGovCuomo<\/a> on his sexual harassment scandal: &#8220;It was unintentional \u2026 I feel awful about it. And frankly, I&#8217;m embarrassed by it \u2026 It&#8217;s been difficult \u2026 for me&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, he denies Lindsey Boylan&#8217;s claim he kissed her: &#8220;Get the facts before informing an opinion.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s7Kt94fW4h\">pic.twitter.com\/s7Kt94fW4h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1367183866394521602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuomo also rejected calls from reporters who asked if it was in the state\u2019s best interests that he resign, saying that he will comply with the investigation being conducting by the New York attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo addressed photos that have surfaced of him touching people by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1367184961271451652\">saying<\/a>, \u201cYou can go find hundreds of pictures of me kissing people, men, women. It is my usual and customary way of greeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m embarrassed by it and I feel bad from it. I\u2019m not in this business to make people feel uncomfortable, I\u2019m hear to help them, that\u2019s the essence of what I do,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cI do not believe that I have never done anything in my public career that I am ashamed of. I didn\u2019t know I was making her uncomfortable at the time, I feel badly that I did. And I\u2019m going to learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One reporter asked Cuomo if he has taken the \u201csexual harassment training required by New York that all employers are to give to their employees,\u201d to which Cuomo responded: \u201cShort answer is yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/andrew-cuomo-investigation-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\">several allegations<\/a> including that he kissed a former staffer at work and created a hostile work environment that involved sexual harassment; that he asked another female staffer about her sex life at work; and that he made a woman at a wedding feel uncomfortable when he put his hands on her face and asked her if he could kiss her.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information and quotes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) responded to misconduct allegations that he is facing by saying during a press conference on Wednesday that he \u201cdeeply apologized\u201d for his conduct and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274688,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NY Governor Cuomo Responds To Misconduct Allegations: \u2018I Never Touched Anyone Inappropriately\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cuomo-1-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NY Governor Cuomo Responds To Misconduct Allegations: \u2018I Never Touched Anyone Inappropriately\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}