Cuomo Says He Won’t Resign, Apologizes for Women’s ‘Pain’
- Third-term Democrat has been accused of sexual harassment
- New York governor also faces scrutiny over nursing-home deaths
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he would not resign amid mounting scandals as he sought to contain growing damage to his political future with a public apology and a plea to voters to withhold judgment on sexual-harassment claims against him.
In his first televised news conference since Feb. 19, the three-term Democratic governor known for his brash public persona said that he now realized that his past comments and treatment of two employees and a stranger made them uncomfortable.