He said: 'that's what Italians do, kiss both cheeks.' I felt shocked and didn't understand what just happened, but I knew I felt embarrassed and weird about his kissing me.

Allred showed off photos of the governor's visit, including a still shot from video showing Cuomo leaning in for a kiss. But Vill is willing to cooperate with the state's attorney general in an inquiry into other accusations of misappropriate behavior by Cuomo. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appointed a special prosecutor for the case, and according to NY1, "Five female Republican State Senators sent a letter to the Attorney General asking that she appoint a special prosecutor in this case".

A lawyer for Cuomo, Rita Glavin, released a statement at about 5:20 p.m. He says he has no plans to step down form his position as Governor of NY.

'He took my hand, as if to shake it, then refused to let go, ' Bakeman wrote of an interaction with Cuomo as she said goodnight at a holiday party in 2014 when she was only 25 years old.

"He towered over me", she said. Vill is married, a mother of three and grandmother of one.

Anna Ruch was the third woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment and the only one thus far who did not work with him in a professional capacity. The accusers include two current staff members of his administration.

The governor has denied any wrongdoing in the nursing home scandal, as well. He has said his behavior was meant to be playful and harmless, and he's apologized if he ever made anyone uncomfortable.

Debra Katz, the attorney for Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett, told Bloomberg that her client's descriptions of DeRosa and other high-ranking women in Cuomo's office align with a pattern she's found in her sexual harassment cases.

Boylan first made her claims about Cuomo in December, calling his administration "the most toxic team environment" and saying that she has held many jobs in her life, and "waitressing at Friendly's as a teenager was an infinitely more respectful environment". She said she tried to pull away from Cuomo when he pulled her back and held her before she managed to escape the room. She agreed to allow Cuomo inside her home. When she met the governor, she says he leaned in and kissed her on both cheeks.

On his way out of the house, Cuomo called Vill lovely, she said, something that also made her feel uncomfortable.

"I made a decision to call for his impeachment because we can no longer be under the grips of this governor who has shown time and time again that he cares little about the people and more about his power", said Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, who was among the roughly 40 people who turned out on 3rd Avenue and East 41st Street.

"Only specifically me", she said. "I know the difference between an innocent gesture and a sexual one", Vill said. "His actions were very overly sexual, highly inappropriate and disrespectful to me and my family".

Allred said Vill reached out to her for representation. Allred, who said she is a Democrat, said today's announcement was not politically motivated. The brief encounter allegedly also led to neighbors in town referring to Vill as "the governor's new girlfriend".

Cuomo faces several investigations from the Justice Department, the New York State Attorney General's Office, and the State Assembly into whether his administration concealed the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Sherry Vill says Gov. Andrew Cuomo kissed her inappropriately during a visit to her home in 2017 to survey flood damage.

"The allegations against the governor connect to a pattern throughout his entire tenure of abusing power", she said. Vill said she declined because of her uncomfortable feelings after the May 2017 encounter. I did not do what has been alleged, period, ' Cuomo told reporters on Friday. "I felt he was acting in a highly flirtatious and inappropriate manner, especially in front of my family and neighbours". Earlier March, top New York Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, have urged Cuomo to resign. The state's Assembly has started an impeachment investigation into the allegations.