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Cuomo appoints special prosecutor to look at Schneiderman allegations

WXXI News | By Associated Press
Published May 9, 2018 at 5:26 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of abuse by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Cuomo late Tuesday said Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas will investigate and possibly prosecute "any and all matters concerning the public allegations" against Schneiderman. 

Cuomo says Singas also will probe whether Schneiderman used his staff or office resources to facilitate the alleged abusive liaisons.Four women accused the Democrat of physical violence in a New Yorker article.

  Schneiderman, who has resigned, has implied his conduct was either welcomed by the women, or was not as they described.

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