Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, has resigned after an investigation concluded that he sexually assaulted multiple women, triggering calls for his removal.
Kathy Hochul, the state’s lieutenant governor, will be the state’s first female governor.
Fellow Democrats, including President Joe Biden, had been pressuring Mr Cuomo to leave.
Mr. Cuomo is the third governor of New York to resign in the wake of a scandal.
Mr Cuomo, 63, sexually harassed 11 women, including state employees, according to an independent inquiry by the New York Attorney General’s office.
Women claimed he made sexual comments, caressed or groped them improperly, and kissed them without their consent.
Many prominent Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and New York’s two US senators, have come out against Mr Cuomo as a result of the article.
His Democratic colleagues in New York have begun making moves to impeach him. He is still under criminal investigation for the harassment allegations.
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