Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shared a Thanksgiving message with a family photo including his mother and three d...
Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shared a Thanksgiving message with a family photo including his mother and three daughters - one of whom is seen wearing a $1,300 Stella McCartney sweater.
Cuomo, 63, resigned from office in August after investigators working for New York Attorney General Letitia James authored a report concluding he had sexually harassed 11 women.
Cuomo tweeted: 'Today and everyday, I’m thankful for my girls Cara, Mariah & Michaela and for our family’s rock, my mom, Matilda Raffa Cuomo.'
He posted the message with a family photo showing himself, in a navy blue suit, standing on a green lawn littered with fallen leaves alongside his daughters.
Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, 24, is seen wearing this $1,300 Stella McCartney SMILE sweater
Andrew Cuomo, 63, has been with charged with a sex crime by the Albany County Sheriff's Office. He denies the claims and his lawyer Rita Glavin said 'timing of the charge' is 'highly suspect' as it was announced on the same day New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she was running for Governor
Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, 24, is pictured wearing a knitted $1,300 Stella McCartney 'SMILE' sweater under a beige teddy bear jacket.
Matriarch Matilda, 90, is seated in an all black outfit paired with a dark beige coat and matching scarf paired with pearl earrings and necklace.
Mariah Kennedy-Cuomo, 26, looks cozy in a plain blue sweater and knitted green pants while Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, 26, sports a black ands white plaid coat purple pants and brown boots.
Cara recently made headlines earlier this week when a New York State Trooper who was reassigned to the Canadian border after his relationship with her was revealed earned himself a promotion.
Dane Pfeiffer, 35, has been upped to a sergeant with the New York State Police and has been assigned to New York City, beginning on Thanksgiving Day.
Pfeiffer struck up a relationship with Cara in early 2020 when he was part of her father's security detail in Albany and she had moved into the Executive Mansion during the coronavirus pandemic, according to sources.
Due to the sexual harassment scandal, Cuomo is now no longer Pfeiffer's boss.
People familiar with the matter told the New York Post the governor found out the pair were dating soon after and Pfeiffer was removed from his security detail and transferred 160 miles away to a state police station in Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border.
State police said the trooper requested a 'voluntary transfer' on May 24, 2020, to join Troop B in northeastern New York, but sources claim he was sent away as punishment and 'to keep him away from the daughter.'
It is unclear if the two are still dating.
New York State Trooper Dane Pfeiffer, who was in a relationship with Andrew Cuomo's daughter, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo
Dane Pfeiffer, 35, is believed to have struck up a relationship with New York Governor's daughter, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, 25. A search of social media shows him to have been an avid tennis player and someone who likes to keep fit by working out
Sources told the New York Post the governor found out the pair were dating soon after and Pfeiffer was removed from his security detail and transferred 160 miles away to a state police station in Plattsburgh. Pictured Cara circled with from left her twin sister Mariah Kennedy-Cuomo, mom Kerry Kennedy and younger sister Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo in 2019
The holiday post from Cuomo comes as he continues to try to overcome his ousting earlier this year amidst the many sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
At the end of last month, the former governor was hit with a charge of forcible touching. The charge relates to the allegation of Brittany Commisso, a former aide who claimed Cuomo groped her breast in the office of the Executive Mansion in Albany in December 2020, when he was at the height of his pandemic popularity.
Cuomo has always denied it.
Commisso's claim was the most serious of all of the allegations listed in James' report, which Cuomo has always maintained was a hit-job by James to get him out of her way.
'From the moment my office received the referral to investigate allegations that former Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, we proceeded without fear or favor,' James' office said in a statement.
'The criminal charges brought today against Mr. Cuomo for forcible touching further validate the findings in our report.'
If convicted, Cuomo - who has not yet commented - could face up to one year in prison.
Cuomo is pictured with Brittany Commisso, the former aide who claims he groped her breast in the Executive Mansion in November 2020. The picture was taken in 2019 and she says he'd touched her behind shortly before it was taken
The complaint, which was signed by an investigator from the Albany County Sheriff's Office, alleges that the former governor 'intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly place his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim and onto her intimate body part'
New York Attorney General Letitia James is to announce that she is running for governor, according to three people directly familiar with her plans
A lawyer for Andrew Cuomo wants Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple (pictured) to preserve records of any communications his office has had with the alleged victim, journalists or other investigators
The complaint, which was signed by an investigator from the Albany County Sheriff's Office, alleges that the former governor 'intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, forcibly place his hand under the blouse shirt of the victim and onto her intimate body part.'
A lawyer for Cuomo wants the sheriff who charged him with groping the woman to preserve records of any communications his office had with the alleged victim, journalists or other investigators.
In a letter to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, Cuomo lawyer Rita Glavin demanded that the sheriff's office preserve all records related to the case, including any notes of conversations it had with Commisso.
It also asked for records of any communications with two legal teams that investigated Cuomo's conduct, one that worked for the state Assembly and another for James.
A preservation letter is a standard legal tactic. Criminal defendants are entitled to a broad scope of evidence and other material related to an investigation, which is typically turned over before trial.
Despite the charges filed against him, Cuomo is considering running for political rival James' attorney general post, sources said.
He held the position from 2007 to 2010 before becoming governor and now sources close to the politician told the New York Post he could run for the position in 2022.
'People in Cuomo’s orbit are tossing it out there,' a person close to Cuomo told the New York Post. 'They’re floating [the idea].'
The source said Cuomo and his team are gauging reaction after the former governor's reputation hit an all-time low following the probe into sexual harassment claims.
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