Cuomo’s Top Aide Resigns Amid Pressure for the Governor To Step Down
Melissa DeRosa, the top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), says she has resigned as the governor is facing calls for his resignation following a report that found he sexually harassed several women. In a statement…
Melissa DeRosa, the top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), says she has resigned as the governor is facing calls for his resignation following a report that found he sexually harassed several women.
In a statement on Sunday, DeRosa said, “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve the people of New York for the past 10 years. New Yorkers’ resilience, strength, and optimism through the most difficult times has inspired me every day.”
“I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state,” she continued.
She added that the past two years “have been emotionally and mentally trying.”
Read the statement below:
DeRosa served as secretary to the governor since 2017 and started working in the administration as communications director in 2013.
Her resignation comes days after New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) released a report that found Cuomo “sexually harassed a number of State employees through unwelcome and unwanted touching, as well as by making numerous offensive and sexually suggestive comments.”
The investigation