https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9312223/Andrew-Cuomo-seen-getting-close-personal-newlywed-aide-2016.html Photos taken in September 2016 appear to show New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, 63, getting cozy with his closest aide Melissa DeRosa, 38, at dinner
The photos obtained by DailyMail.com show the pair seated closely, with one source saying Cuomo appeared to touch her thigh at the Knickerbocker Bar & Grill in downtown Manhattan
DeRosa, the aide who admitted his administration had underreported the number of nursing home deaths, had married former Cuomo spokesman Matthew Wing just 12 days earlier
At the time Cuomo was in a long-term relationship with celebrity chef Sandra Lee and they were living together in her sprawling home in Mt. Kisco, New York
An eyewitness who snapped the photos tells DailyMail.com: 'He was quite brazen about it. It was all in public view in a restaurant'
The photos may pile further pressure on the governor who has been accused of sexual harassment by two women over the past week
DeRosa said in a statement to DailyMail.com, 'The Governor and I have never had an intimate relationship. The Governor and I have been close friends and colleagues for over ten years'
Cuomo's former executive assistant Charlotte Bennett accused him of making it clear he wanted to sleep with her even though she is nearly 40 years younger than him
The Governor was also accused by ex-aide Lindsey Boylan of attempting to kiss her inside his Albany office and asking her to play strip poker on his plane