NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Many staffers for Gov. Andrew Cuomo are reportedly not coming into work as the governor faces mounting calls for his resignation over allegations of sexual misconduct.
Sources told the New York Post that staffers are choosing to work remotely or at vaccine sites instead of at the executive offices in Albany.
"I hear that most people aren't even coming into work, and the offices at the Capitol are empty," one source who spoke with staffers told the outlet, adding that the staffers "just want this torture to stop."
According to the report, the staffers are worried about their careers and ready for the governor to "hang up the gloves."
"Everyone feels like there is an inevitable conclusion," the source said.
A spokesman for the governor, Rich Azzopardi, told the Post that claims about a departure of staffers are "greatly exaggerated."
"There's a budget to be done in two weeks, the largest vaccination effort is state history to stand up and the continued efforts to successfully fight this once in a century pandemic and that's what the hard working members of this administration and the state workforce are focused on — period," Azzopardi said.
On Friday, the governor resisted growing calls to resign, including from nearly the entire 29-member New York congressional delegation.
"I did not do what has been alleged. Period," the governor said Friday, calling his Democratic detractors "reckless and dangerous."
"People know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture and the truth," he said.
