Cuomo, a Democrat who resigned from his post in August after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment, is the subject of a misdemeanor charge in connection with an alleged incident at the governor's mansion on December 7, 2020.
The complaint was signed by Amy Kowalski, an investigator with the Albany Sheriff's Office, on Monday and was filed Thursday. Cuomo has repeatedly denied the allegations of sexual misconduct against him, allowing that he made mistakes, but always insisting that the more serious accusations were untrue. On August 3, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a report detailing repeated incidents of alleged sexual harassment by Cuomo, who left office a week after the investigation was made public. He was replaced by then-Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
In a statement Thursday, James described the charges against Cuomo as a vindication of her office's report, which Cuomo has attempted to discredit.