NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday spoke out about the sexual harassment allegations Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing, saying she was “confident” an ongoing independent investigation would allow his accusers to be “heard and taken seriously.”
James on Monday said she had appointed the former acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Joon Kim, and employment discrimination lawyer Anne Clark to lead a probe into claims that Cuomo sexually harassed several women, including three former staffers.
On Tuesday, Hochul released a statement voicing support for the two appointments.
“With yesterday’s announcement launching the independent investigation led by Joon H. Kim and Anne L. Clark, I am confident everyone’s voice will be heard and taken seriously,” she said.
“I trust the inquiry to be completed as thoroughly and expeditiously as possible,” she added. “New Yorkers should be confident that through this process they will soon learn the facts.”
While a number of New York lawmakers have called on Cuomo to resign over the allegations, the governor has said there is “no way” he will do so.
Were he to resign, Hochul, as lieutenant governor, would become the state’s first female governor.