NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New Yorkers are responding to resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo announced Tuesday he was stepping down in the wake of a blistering report by Attorney General Letitia James’ finding that concluded he had sexually harassed 11 women.
CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge got quick reactions to the announcement from New Yorkers.
“I think he did the right thing by resigning, because it became very clear that he had no support in the state of New York based on those allegations. He’s avoided dealing with specific issues of harassment. I think it’s the best thing for the state of New York,” one man told Duddridge.
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“Who’s to say what comes next, but I think that that’s the right move. I think that’s what New York needs in order to step forward, and move forward with everything else that’s going on. The last thing we need is to worry and busy ourselves with ‘Is this man apt to lead,'” one woman said.
“I mean, the heat was getting pretty rough, so he was going to wind up going anyway,” one man said.
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“I didn’t expect that he was going to do it. I thought he was going to fight it out until the end, in an impeachment trial. But I guess he opted to just end it here because he saw that the writing was on the wall, coming after the AG’s report. I guess you could say there was a lot of good that he did as a governor, but I guess, with this scandal, it made it impossible for him to govern. So I guess he had no choice,” one person said.
Check back soon for more on this developing story.
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