Andrew Cuomo Reflects On Sexual Harassment Scandal

New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is wanting again on what he discovered from the sexual harassment scandal that pressured him to resign from the New York governor’s workplace.

Throughout a Monday morning appearance on “The View,” Cuomo spoke fastidiously when panelist Sara Haines requested how he’d handle voters who’ve a “arduous time wanting previous” the sexual misconduct allegations that pushed him from workplace in 2021.

Whereas Cuomo continued to disclaim wrongdoing and referred to as the claims “politically motivated,” he stated that the expertise taught him to be “far more cautious” about how his actions might make others really feel.

An investigation from the Department of Justice launched in January 2024 concluded Cuomo and his govt employees fostered a “sexually hostile work surroundings” that impacted at the very least 13 feminine state staff. Allegations in opposition to him included grabbing one girl’s buttocks and placing his hand up her shirt, in addition to asking a younger staffer if she dated older males and practiced monogamy, The New York Times reports.

Throughout his cease by “The View,” Cuomo referred to as the time across the allegations and the next investigations a “very painful interval for me and for my household,” however added that “if I offended anybody in any method, I didn’t imply it.”

“I discovered a lesson. A painful lesson, which is to be far more cautious about all the things you say, any joke, any remark,” Cuomo stated. “I gained’t kiss an individual on the cheek until they provoke a kiss. So it taught me a lesson simply to be tremendous cautious as a result of there’s a sensitivity that has advanced that’s actual. If individuals really feel it, it’s true, and it must be revered.”

He’s failed to achieve a lot traction as an unbiased candidate, nonetheless. A poll from Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research carried out between Sept. 18 and 22 reveals Mamdani main Cuomo by 18 factors, even after his different major competitors, incumbent Eric Adams, dropped out of the race.