The New York State Attorney General’s office has subpoenaed dozens of Cuomo government officials, including his top assistant, asking them to produce documents as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against the governor, according to people known. with the case.
Melissa DeRosa, whose title is the governor’s secretary and who was central to the state’s pandemic response, is one of the officials who received a subpoena earlier this month, the people said. Attorney General investigators also questioned women accusing Governor Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior over their interactions with Ms. DeRosa, the women and their attorneys said.
Ana Liss, a former assistant to Mr. Cuomo who has accused the Democratic governor of misconduct, said she was asked about Ms. DeRosa’s behavior in the workplace during an interview with investigators.
Investigators asked how Ms. DeRosa interacted with her, said Ms. Liss, who worked in the State Capitol in 2014. “They were trying to find out if I was being targeted by Melissa,” Ms. Liss said.
She told investigators that she did not have much to do with Ms. DeRosa, who was Mr Cuomo’s director of communications at the time.