ALBANY, N.Y.—More than 100 messages have come through a hotline set up two weeks ago by investigators working on the impeachment probe into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a state lawmaker overseeing the effort said.
Republican Assemblyman Michael Montesano said the investigators—a team of lawyers at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP hired by the New York state Assembly—were sifting through the calls and emails. Mr. Montesano said he didn’t have more information about the tips that have been received.
The Assembly launched an impeachment probe March 11. If it votes to impeach Mr. Cuomo, it would be the first impeachment of a New York governor since 1913.
The investigation initially began to look into sexual-harassment allegations against the governor, his administration’s Covid-19 policies and the construction of a bridge spanning the Hudson River. It has since expanded to examine the use of state resources to test members of the governor’s family for Covid-19 and whether staff in the governor’s office helped Mr. Cuomo write a memoir.
Last month the impeachment investigators, who are overseen by the state Assembly Judiciary Committee, sent the Democratic governor a formal notice instructing him to not contact any of the accusers about the investigation and have requested information from his administration on multiple topics, lawmakers and lawyers have said.
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