{"id":612764,"date":"2021-08-05T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T17:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612764"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T17:05:34","slug":"hes-a-serial-sexual-predator-majority-in-ny-state-assembly-support-impeachment-if-cuomo-doesnt-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hes-a-serial-sexual-predator-majority-in-ny-state-assembly-support-impeachment-if-cuomo-doesnt-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s A Serial Sexual Predator\u2019: Majority In NY State Assembly Support Impeachment If Cuomo Doesn\u2019t Resign"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fhes-a-serial-sexual-predator-majority-in-ny-state-assembly-support-impeachment-if-cuomo-doesnt-resign%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=612764&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>A majority in the New York State Assembly are voicing support for the impeachment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a bombshell report from the state\u2019s Attorney General that validated claims of sexual harassment against him, according to a report.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cIt is abundantly clear to me that the Governor has lost the confidence of the Assembly Democratic majority and that he can no longer remain in office,\u201d Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, said in a statement Tuesday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cHe\u2019s a serial sexual predator,\u201d Assembly member Charles Barron told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A majority in the New York State Assembly is in favor of impeaching Gov. Andrew Cuomo if he refuses to resign in the wake of the attorney general\u2019s report concluding he sexually harassed at least 11 women, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 150 Assembly members, 86 have expressed support for beginning the impeachment process, according to a count by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cuomo-harassment-investigation-impeachment-26edc9cf16cd378cc3573ed85613e797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AP<\/a>. The New York State Assembly would need only a simple majority to start a trial and vote to impeach.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/Press\/?sec=story&amp;story=98395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> Tuesday that Cuomo had \u201clost the confidence\u201d of Democrats in the Assembly and could \u201cno longer remain in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we receive all relevant documents and evidence from the Attorney General, we will move expeditiously and look to conclude our impeachment investigation as quickly as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Abinanti, a Democratic assembly member, said \u201ca lot of people who were reluctant to call on the governor to resign until they had a report from the Attorney General \u2026 are now calling on the governor to resign,\u201d in a phone call with the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The report also stated that an advisor to Cuomo sent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/cuomo-adviser-richard-azzopardi-lindsey-boylan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confidential files<\/a> with information on Lindsey Boylan, one of the women who accused the governor of misconduct, to journalists hours after she came forward with the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to impeach,\u201d Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou told <a href=\"https:\/\/eoinhiggins.substack.com\/p\/we-have-to-impeach-ny-state-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Flashpoint<\/a>. \u201cIt took 179 witnesses and a statewide investigation by the Attorney General to hold one powerful man accountable\u2014tell me again that New York doesn\u2019t have a power problem.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/ana-navarro-trump-supporters-andrew-cuomo-sexual-misconduct-letitia-james-the-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Shut The Hell Up\u2019: Anna Navarro Blasts Trump Supporters In Wake Of Cuomo\u2019s Sexual Misconduct Finding)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7252145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7252145\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7252145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"New York Attorney General Letitia James Makes Major Announcement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-182x120.jpg 182w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-620x409-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-768x507-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-1536x1013-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234430445-2048x1351-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7252145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York Attorney General Letitia James (C) and Independent investigators Anne L. Clark (L) and Joon H. Kim present the findings of an independent investigation into accusations by multiple women that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed them on August 3, 2021 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Assembly member Ron Kim, who has been a vocal critic of Cuomo for his nursing home scandal, again called for the Governor to be impeached after the report was released. He said the state Assembly needed to \u201creturn to session immediately and begin the impeachment proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo denied any <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/cuomo-accuser-charlotte-bennett-calls-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrongdoing<\/a> on Tuesday and shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/andrew-cuomo-broadcasts-slideshow-kissing-men-women-all-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slideshow<\/a> of photos of himself hugging or kissing people in public to reporters. \u201cI am the same person in public as I am in private. You have seen me do it on TV through all my briefings and for 40 years before that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a serial sexual predator,\u201d Assembly member Charles Barron, who has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nyc-assemblyman-charles-barron-heckles-cuomo-during-state-of-the-state-1452712741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">history of being combative<\/a> with Cuomo, told the DCNF. He reiterated his calls for Cuomo to be impeached, saying \u201che is a arrogant\u2026oh my god, an arrogant, pathological liar, who\u2019s blaming the victims and saying he did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heastie was urged by Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay to convene a special session to impeach the governor, the AP reported, but Abinanti made clear that while the report was serious, the next step was for the judiciary committee, on which he serves, to review the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>He told the DCNF there will be a meeting on Monday to discuss the report and have conversations with their attorneys concerning how the attorney general\u2019s report lines up with their own investigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also need to consider the defense that the governor has presented, both as represented in the attorney general\u2019s report and as publicly presented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority in the New York State Assembly are voicing support for the impeachment of Gov. 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