Cuomo doubles down, says "there is no way I resign"

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo defiantly rebuffed calls for his resignation as more women have come forward with sexual harassment allegations against him, saying Sunday "there is no way" he will step down. But shortly after his press conference, New York State Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, said he "must resign."

"Everyday there is another account that is drawing away from the business of government," Stewart-Cousins said in a statement Sunday afternoon. "We have allegations of sexual harassment, a toxic work environment, the loss of credibility surrounding the COVID-19 nursing home data, and questions about the construction of a major infrastructure project. New York is still in the midst of this pandemic and is still facing the societal, health and economic impacts of it. We need to govern without daily distraction. For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign."

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"I was elected by the people of the state, not by politicians," Cuomo told reporters Sunday. "I'm not going to resign because of allegations. The premise of resigning because of allegations is actually anti-democratic."

Cuomo has spent the weekend reaching out to state leaders and legislators telling them he will not resign, two people familiar with the conversations told CBS News. In telephone calls, the governor is repeating what he has said publicly: Be patient and allow an investigation overseen by New York Attorney General Letitia James to proceed.

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