At least two law enforcement agencies confirmed on Thursday that they’re aware of allegations that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo aggressively groped a female aide at his mansion last year. According to the New York Times, Albany police said New York State Police and Cuomo’s office alerted them to the alleged encounter — which may …
A body found in a car trunk on Wednesday is possibly a woman who vanished in November after celebrating her birthday, according to reports. WNBC reported that the body, which was lying in a fetal position, was found in a Toyota Camry with no plates in Queens. The grisly discovery was made as the vehicle …
A female aide to New York Gov Andrew Cuomo says the governor reached under her blouse and groped her when they were alone in his office, according to a report in the Albany Times-Union, reported by the New York Post. According to the Post, the Times-Union did not name the woman, and her story was related to them by a third party. In a statement, Cuomo said the woman’s story was “gut-wrenching,” but he reiterated his claim that he has “never done anything like this.” The NY Attorney General appointed former acting Manhattan US Attorney Joon Kim and veteran employment lawyer Anne Clark to lead an investigation of the allegations against Cuomo.
Corrections officers allegedly waited 12 hours to report the prisoner’s accidental release
On Monday, Republican legislators in the New York State Assembly started drafting a resolution intended to begin impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo. According to Syracuse.com, Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said he and his fellow Republicans cannot make the Democratic-majority Assembly address the measure. On Sunday, State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, …
A second former aide to New York Gov Andrew Cuomo has accused him of sexual harassment, the New York Times reports. Charlotte Bennett, 25, was an executive assistant and health policy advisor until she left in November. She told the Times that the harassment, which included questions about her sex life, whether she was monogomous, …
An investigation is underway after a New York cemetery employee was reportedly buried alive on Thursday when a grave he was working on collapsed. Newsday reported that Rodwin Allicock, 42, became buried while leveling out the bottom of the grave in Washington Memorial Park when the sides collapsed. Allicock’s coworkers tried to dig him out, …
A New York father-to-be was killed Sunday morning when the gender reveal device he was building exploded, the New York State Police said. Christopher Pekny, 28 was killed at his home in the Catskills town of Liberty, police said, and his 27-year-old brother Michael was injured by the exploding device. Pekny as transported to Garnet …
New York police are looking for three armed men who used zip ties to tie up five people at a Queens home and stole $40,000 in cash, 1010 WINS reports. Police said the men slipped through an open side entrance to the home just before 5:30 pm on Friday, brandished handguns and told five people …
“Fake heiress” Anna Sorokin got out of prison last week and went on the hunt for a boyfriend, the New York Post reported. Still going by “Anna Delvey,” the name she used when she conned businesses and friends out of nearly $200,000 by pretending to be a millionaire, Sorokin posted on Twitter that she was …
The US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, along with the FBI, are looking into New York state’s handling of nursing homes and other long-term facilities during the coronavirus pandemic, the Albany Times Union reports. The investigation is examining the work of some of the members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus task force, someone with direct knowledge …
The body of a Buffalo woman missing since late last month was found Saturday on train tracks near the old CSX train yard, the woman’s family says. Patricia Davis told 2 On Your Side that 22-year-old Tiara Lott’s body was found Saturday. She was last heard from during a video call on January 29, when …
