WHERE COULD THEY BE COMING FROM?
>>> BUT FIRST WE HAVE BREAKING
NEWS, NEW ALLEGATIONS FACING
GOVERNOR CUOMO.
ANOTHER WOMAN HAS STEPPED
FORWARD.
WHAT MAKES HER CLAIM DIFFERENT
THAN THE OTHERS.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I’M
DAVID URSERY.
AN EIGHTH ACCUSER HAS NOW COME
FORWARD WITH ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
THEY COME FROM A CURRENT AIDE,
AND SHE’S ON THE RECORD.
HER ALLEGED ACCOUNT IS DETAILED
IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES."
NEWS 4’S ANDREW SIFF LIVE IN
MIDTOWN WITH WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
IN THE LAST HOUR.
>> Reporter: RIGHT, DAVID, THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" FIRST TO REPORT
THAT A CURRENT EMPLOYEE ALYSSA
McGRATH SAYS THE GOVERNOR
SEXUALLY HARASSED HER, OGLING
HER AND MAKING SUGGESTIVE
REMARKS.
A LAWYER FOR THE GOVERNOR TOLD
"THE TIMES" THAT WAS JUST
FRIENDLY BANTER, BUT McGRATH’S
ATTORNEY TELLING NEWS 4 THAT THE
GOVERNOR’S DEFLECTIONS ARE NOT
CREDIBLE.
ALL OF THIS ON A DAY WHEN FOR
THE FIRST TIME THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL SPOKE ON CAMERA ABOUT
THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL
LETITIA JAMES SPEAKING TO A
YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL TODAY AND
AFTERWARDS CONFIRMING HER OFFICE
CONTINUES SPEAKING TO KEY
PARTICIPANTS IN THE CUOMO
INVESTIGATION.
>> SO THE INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING.
WE’RE STILL INTERVIEWING
WITNESSES AND THERE’S NOT MUCH
MORE TO REPORT OTHER THAN THAT
IT WILL CONTINUE.
>> Reporter: JAMES’S FIRST ON
CAMERA PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE
CASE ON A DAY WHEN THE GOVERNOR
STAYED OUT OF SIGHT, PROMINENT
DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO CALL FOR
HIS RESIGNATION.
>> THE GOVERNOR HAS LOST THE
CONFIDENCE OF HIS GOVERNING
PARTNERS AND MANY NEW YORKERS,
HE SHOULD STEP DOWN.
>> Reporter: BUT CUOMO HAS SAID
REPEATEDLY.
>> I’M NOT GOING TO REFINED.
>> FORMER STAFFERS HAVE ACCUSED
THE GOVERNOR OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, ALLEGATIONS HE’S
DENIED, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO HE DID
APOLOGIZE.
>> I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT I ACTED
IN A WAY THAT MADE PEOPLE FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> Reporter: BUT CRITICS SAY THE
GOVERNOR HAS LONG HAD A WAY OF
USING WORDS THIS A HOSTILE
MANNER.
TODAY NEWS 4 OBTAINED NEW AUDIO
OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN CUOMO
AND THE HEAD OF THE WORKING
FAMILIES PARTY IN 2018 AFTER THE
PROGRESSIVE GROUP INFORMED HIM
THEY’D RELUCTANTLY BACK HIM AS
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE.
>> IF YOU EVER SAY, WELL, HE’S
BETTER THAN A REPUBLICAN AGAIN,
I’M GOING TO SAY YOU’RE BETTER
THAN A CHILD RAPIST.
HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: TODAY A QUO MOW
AIDE SAID HE WAS BEING
HYPERBOLIC TO ILLUSTRATE THE
OFFENSIVE NATURE OF THE WFP’S
OWN NAME CALLING.
THE MAYOR SAYING IT’S A TOXIC
ATTITUDE GONE TOO FAR.
>> THAT’S WHAT I’VE SEEN PLAYING
OUT NOW, BUT IT’S ALL BEHAVIOR
WE’VE SEEN DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF
BEFORE THAT’S JUST GOTTEN WORSE
AND WORSE.
>> Reporter: BUT CUOMO AIDE
INSISTS THE GOVERNOR KOOPTING
WITH INVESTIGATIONS AND FOCUSING
ON HIS JOB, AN ASSERTION THAT
GOT CONFIRMATION FOR ANDREA
LEWIS COUSINS WHO TODAY SAID SHE
IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE
GOVERNOR.
>> WE DID SPEAK ABOUT THE
BUDGET, YES.
I THINK PEOPLE IN NEW YORK
EXPECT FOR US TO DO WHAT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND THAT’S
WHERE WE’RE FOCUSED.
>> Reporter: NEWS 4 HAS REACHED
OUT DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE AND TO HIS LEGAL TEAM FOR
A RESPONSE TO THE LATEST "NEW
YORK TIMES" STORY ALLEGING THIS
ALLEGED HARASSMENT BY A CURRENT
EMPLOYEE.
WE HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM