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"We need to govern without daily distraction. For the good of the state Governor Cuomo must resign," State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said in a statement.

"Rehashing stories doesn't make them true," the mayor charged.

New York queer indie/punk band PWR BTTM have cancelled their record release show because of the growing controversy around sexual abuse allegations lobbed against them.

Oberst says his accuser is "a pathological liar with a well-documented history of spinning tales and fabricating sexually themed stories about others to benefit herself."

What happens when a powerful media figure is reported as being a friend of an alleged madam.

A lawyer for the hotel maid who says Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her claims her translation were misinterpreted by the Manhattan DA's office and adds that she'll sue DSK.

Sorry, tourists: If, after shopping at Century 21 and seeing Ground Zero, you were hoping to visit 71 Broadway to tell your friends, "Hey, I saw the building where Dominique Strauss-Kahn has house arrest," you're out of luck.

With friends like these, maybe sexual assault allegation can disappear! The Post reports that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's friends are contacting the overseas relatives of his accuser, offering money to make the charges go away.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leading French politician who is accused of sexually assaulting a maid at a Times Square hotel, sent a farewell email to the IMF proclaiming his innocence.

Lower Manhattan is filled with tour guides informing tourists, "On your right is the building where the French guy accused of attempted rape is staying."