New York Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly called for the resignation of Albany lawmakers who were facing sexual harassment allegations in 2012, and now is seemingly foregoing his own advice.
Cuomo now faces three female accusers who allege he made repeated unwanted sexual advances towards them while they were working for his administration.
Executive director of watchdog organization Reinvent Albany, John Kaehny, called out Cuomo for not following his own advice.
"Shouldn’t the governor, the most powerful official in New York, be held to at least the same ethical standard as an Assembly member?" Kaehny said.
"Not so long ago, Governor Cuomo demanded that two Assembly members ‘immediately deny’ allegation of sexual harassment or resign. Powerful words. Does the governor hold himself to the same standard?" he continued.
In 2012, the New York Governor said Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez should resign due to allegations brought forward by two female aides, the New York Post reports.
“Sexual harassment at the workplace cannot be tolerated in any shape or form … these are serious allegations and if true, the governor believes he should resign,” Cuomo's spokesman Josh Vlasto said during the 2012 scandal.
Cuomo was so up-in-arms by the matter that he reportedly threatened to intervene in the investigation when it was revealed that an ex-Assembly member quietly approved a settlement between Lopez and the accusers.
"Just like [President Donald] Trump, Cuomo is trying to create two systems of justice: one for everyone else, and a special one for himself. His abuse of women shows he’s unfit to hold public office. He must resign or be removed," Rita Pasarell said, co-founder of the Sexual Harassment Working Group and a former staffer to Lopez.
In 2013, Cuomo said that Democratic assemblymen Dennis Gabryszak and Micah Kellner should immediately deny sexual misconduct allegations made towards them, and if they wouldn't, then to resign. He further reportedly called for the expulsion of the two assemblymen if they chose not to resign.
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