New York (AP) — A survey by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo found that he had sexually harassed several current and former state officials, state attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.

A five-month survey conducted by two outside lawyers who spoke to 179 people found that the Cuomo administration was a “hostile work environment” and “full of fear and intimidation.”

“Specifically, as a result of the investigation, Governor Andrew Cuomo made unwelcome non-consensual contacts and made many offensive comments about his thought-provoking sexual qualities, making him a current and former New York employee. It turned out that he had sexually harassed him at a press conference on Tuesday.

At least one investigation revealed that Cuomo and his senior staff worked to retaliate against a former employee who accused him of cheating. The investigation found that Cuomo was also found to have harassed women outside the government.

Cuomo faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment last winter when he improperly touched a woman who worked with him and a woman he met at a public event. An aide in his office said he groped her breasts.

Another Lindsey Boylan said Cuomo kissed her with her lips after a meeting in his office and said, “It won’t get in the way of him to touch me with my hips, arms and legs.” ..

After Boylan first published her allegations in December, the Cuomo administration put a personnel note in the media revealing that Boylan had resigned after facing disdain for her staff and yelling complaints. The announcement weakened her story.

Boylan states that these records were “leaked to the media to pollute me.”

Other aides said the Democratic governor asked them unwelcome personal questions about sex and dating. One of the former aides, Charlotte Bennett, said he asked if Cuomo was open to having sex with older men.

Last winter, there was a chorus calling for Kuomo’s resignation from a number of New York-elected Democrats, including two US Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. However, Cuomo refused to resign and raised funds for his fourth term.

His position on the allegations is also solidified in rebellion. Cuomo has always denied improper contact with anyone, but he initially said he was sorry if his actions with women were “misunderstood as unwanted affairs.” In recent months, he has questioned the motives of whistleblowers and critics, saying he hasn’t done anything wrong, and has taken more combative tactics.

He also questioned the neutrality of lawyers hired by the Attorney General to investigate the allegations. One of the lawyers, Joon Kim, was involved in a previous investigation into corruption by the people of the Cuomo administration when he was a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. Cuomo does not explicitly state why he believes it prejudices Kim.

The Attorney General’s report is expected to play an important role in the ongoing investigation into the state legislature as to whether Cuomo has any reason to be impeached.

Congress has hired its own legal team to investigate Kuomo’s actions and allegations of other misconduct. The legislature is senior to write a book about the government’s decision to withhold data on pandemics, special access, and nursing home deaths from the general public that Cuomo’s relatives accessed the COVID-19 test last year. We are investigating the support we received from our aides. Several months.

Some members of the Judiciary Committee said they expected James’ report to be “critical” to the impeachment investigation.

According to New York State regulations, sexual harassment includes unwanted acts of sexual nature, from unwanted affairs to sexual jokes, that create an unpleasant work environment, regardless of the perpetrator’s intentions.

In contrast, the governor has repeatedly insisted that he does not intend to harass anyone. His office said he had undergone state-mandated sexual harassment training, but did not provide any documentation certifying what he had done.

Cuomo defended a groundbreaking 2019 state law that makes it easier for victims of sexual harassment to prove their claims in court. Alleged victims no longer have to meet the high standard of proving that sexual harassment is “serious and widespread.”