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You can bet on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigning as his odds of doing so are beginning to get shorter.
Cuomo had been at +150 odds but that price was likely to hit EVEN as more from his own party are now calling for his resignation.
The firestorm around the Democrat grew a day after the Times Union of Albany reported that an unidentified aide had claimed Cuomo reached under her shirt and fondled her at his official residence late last year.
By Friday afternoon, the state's top Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kristen Gillibrand came forward to support Cuomo stepping down. He has so far refused to do so.
The woman hasn’t filed a criminal complaint, but a lawyer for the governor said Thursday that the state had reported the allegation to the Albany Police Department after the woman involved declined to do so herself.
“In this case the person is represented by counsel and when counsel confirmed the client did not want to make a report, the state notified the police department and gave them the attorney’s information,” said Beth Garvey, the governor’s acting counsel.
An Albany Police Department spokesperson, Steve Smith, didn’t immediately return a message from The Associated Press, but told The New York Times police had reached out to a representative for the woman.
At least 121 members of the state Assembly and Senate have said publicly they believe Cuomo should quit office now, according to a tally by The Associated Press. The count includes 65 Democrats and 56 Republicans.
The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an impeachment investigation.
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
