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De Blasio Rips Cuomo Over Sexual Misconduct Claims: 'He Can No Longer Serve'
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1:00Now PlayingNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday said the governor was no longer fit to do his job amid reports of a sixth sexual misconduct claim made against him.
On Wednesday, The Times Union of Albany published a story detailing an unidentified aide's claim that Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached under her shirt and fondled her after summoning her to his official residence last year.
On Thursday, a group of 59 Democratic state legislators demanded his resignation.
"Six women have come forward with such powerful, painful stories. And particularly, this most recent report is just disqualifying. He just can't serve as governor anymore," said De Blasio during his daily news briefing when asked if he would be joining the lawmakers asking Cuomo to step down.
"The fact that we can talk about how many people are bringing through – bringing forward accusations. That it's not one, it's not two, it's not three, it's not four, it's not five, it's six women who have come forward – it's deeply troubling," he said.
Cuomo has repeatedly said he won't resign and urged the public to await the outcome of an investigation of his conduct by state Attorney General Letitia James. His office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The governor has denied inappropriately touching anyone but has said he is sorry if he made anyone uncomfortable and that he didn't intend to do so.
Cuomo's office on Thursday did; however, announce the end to required quarantine for domestic travel into the state starting April 1.
When asked about this, the mayor said neither he nor his team had been consulted.
"I believe in local control and here's another case where New York City was not consulted, even though, you know, we're one of the biggest cities in the world and 43% of the state's population," he said. "Of course, I have concerns about this."
Health officials said Wednesday the COVID-19 variant that was first detected in New York City now accounts for about two in five coronavirus cases in the city, which suggests the variant spreads more easily than the older strain of the virus.
Dr. Jay Varma, senior health adviser to the mayor, cautioned that a lift to mandatory travel quarantine this soon could pose a threat to overall recovery.
"We know that one of the ways to help reduce infection is to limit the amount of travel that's going in and out of the city. And also, when people do travel to take extra precautions like being tested before and being tested after. And we think that that really does – is really an important measure to keep in place until we get to a place where a far greater percentage of our population is vaccinated," he said.
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