Hochul suspends top aide over sexual harassment allegations

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s press secretary was suspended this week while the governor’s office investigates an allegation of sexual harassment against him.

The New York Times reported that press secretary Avi Small is under investigation after a male staffer accused Small of inappropriately touching him. Small has worked in Hochul’s press office since soon after she became governor, following former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.