Woman says New York Governor Cuomo forcibly kissed her cheeks in 2017

A woman alleged that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheek at her home during a visit to inspect local flood damage.

An upstate New York woman said Monday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheek at her home during a visit to inspect local flood damage, becoming the latest woman to accuse the embattled governor of inappropriate behavior. Sherry Vill made the allegations during a Zoom news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, describing a spring 2017 visit to her Rochester-area home after flooding near Lake Ontario. Cuomo kissed both of her cheeks in front of family members while inspecting her flood-damaged home in what Vill felt was a "highly sexual manner." Then, Vill said, the governor "stopped and turned to me and said, 'You are beautiful.'" He then inspected the damage with his staff, took Vill's hand and kissed her cheek again outside her home.