Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at a press conference on March 19, 2020, that all nonessential businesses and workplaces in New York that require in-office personnel will be required to have 75% of their employees work from home, effective Friday, March 20 at 8 pm. Governor Cuomo Announces All Nonessential Businesses Must Have 75% of Their Employees Work From Home, Effective Friday, March 20 at 8 PM The New York State Development Corporation has published guidance on determining whether a business is essential, available here.Ĭuomo also announced that nonessential gatherings of any size should be canceled or postponed and people should limit outdoor activities to those without contact and also avoid public transportation unless absolutely necessary. This supersedes the order issued yesterday mandating that 75% of nonessential employees work from home.Ĭuomo stated that, like prior executive orders, this one will exclude essential businesses such as medical facilities, pharmacies, grocery stores, infrastructure, banks, the media, gas stations, and other similar essential businesses. Cuomo has rebuffed those calls.On Friday, March 20, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he will be signing another executive order mandating that all nonessential workers must work from home starting Sunday evening, March 22, 2020. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Reports of the alleged misconduct prompted James to launch an investigation, tapping two seasoned investigators to lead the probe.Īs part of the fallout from the sexual harassment claims, Cuomo faced calls from several high-profile Democrats - including Rep. "An opinion without facts is irresponsible." "Wait for the facts," Cuomo said in March. Cuomo has also faced scrutiny over reports that he prioritized testing for his family in the early days of the pandemic.Īt least six women, including several who previously worked for the three-term governor, have accused Cuomo of inappropriate behavior and unwanted advances - claims that he has either dismissed as an exaggeration or outright denied. When sexual harassment claims against Cuomo emerged in March, federal investigators were already reportedly probing his administration over concerns that it withheld damning data about nursing home deaths in New York. In his televised statement issued Tuesday afternoon in response to the report, Cuomo said that "the facts are much different than what has been portrayed" - and gave no indication that he would heed calls for his resignation. In another instance, the report describes how Cuomo sexually harassed a state trooper assigned to his protective detail, including by "running his hand across her stomach, from her belly button to her right hip, while she held a door open for him at an event" and "running his finger down her back, from the top of her neck down her spine to the middle of her back, saying 'Hey, you,' while she was standing in front of him in an elevator." The rubbing lasted at least five seconds," the report said. The same woman also recounted a circumstance in which "the Governor moved his hand to grab her butt cheek and began to rub it. In an instance involving one of Cuomo's unnamed executive assistants, the governor was found to have "reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast," according to the report. At Tuesday's press conference, employment discrimination attorney Anne Clark, one of the investigators assigned to lead the probe, presented a litany of findings from the report, including specific examples of the governor making suggestive comments and engaging in unwanted touching that eleven women - some named, others anonymous - found "deeply humiliating and offensive."
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