Cuomo impeachment probe hotline receives more than 200 tips about governor

ALBANY, N. Y. — More than 200 tips have flooded a hotline set up by the Assembly and attorneys overseeing an impeachment inquiry into Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s conduct and sexual harassment allegations.

Charles Lavine, the Democratic chairman of the chamber’s Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that investigators with Davis Polk, the law firm retained to head the probe, have so far spoken to about 70 people who may have “relevant information.”

The wide-ranging investigation is exploring multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by several women, including current and former staffers, who claim that Cuomo illegally used staff to help him write and promote a COVID-19-themed book last year, as well as allegations that he favored family and friends with scarce coronavirus tests.

Also being eyed as lawmakers seek to determine whether to move toward impeachment is the potential hiding of the true number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, issues with the Mario Cuomo Bridge and whether the governor knew of any attempts to “suppress or obstruct related investigations,” according to Lavine.

“Davis Polk team has been working with all due and deliberate speed to investigate each and every one of these allegations,” the Long Island Democrat said.

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