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Former Congressman Rangel addressed the accusations directly, saying Cuomo deserves a fair defense.

“I’ve made my opinions clear, I think the governor should resign but I also understand that it is important that we do our job and that will always be my focus."

“The voters are not necessarily, at the moment, following the lead of the elected officials."

“People know the difference between playing politics, bowing to cancel culture, and the truth. I’m not going to resign.”

“I believe it is in the best interest of our State if Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul serves as Acting Governor until the Attorney General’s investigations or any other potential inquiries reach a conclusion."

Republicans, who are in the minority in the legislature, said if the governor won’t resign, impeachment proceedings should begin.

After Gov. Andrew Cuomo denied touching women inappropriately, "the female aide became emotional" as she and other staff watched his remarks, according to the Times Union newspaper in Albany.

“What does Kathy Hochul know? What role did she play in any of it? When did she know these various allegations? She hasn't come clean on anything.”

“I never made any inappropriate advances. As I said last week, no one ever told me at the time that I made them feel uncomfortable."

A majority of Democrats in the state Legislature either haven’t taken a public position on whether Cuomo should resign, or have said they want to wait for the results of the attorney general’s investigation.