There are now reportedly six sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo and the number of lawmakers calling on Cuomo to resign continues to grow.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins over the weekend issued a powerful statement, saying that it was time for the governor to step aside for the good of New York.

But three days have passed since this statement was made and Cuomo has made it clear he will not leave.

Activists for VOCAL New York said they believe enough is enough.

“Personally and politically, he has been known as a bully and this is something that has to stop,” Lukee Forbes said outside the governor’s mansion.

“How long has this been going on to where there has not been one solution?” Ashley Radliff said. “It’s one bad thing after the next.”

Republican state Senator George Borrello criticized the lack of action from either chamber.

“The silence is deafening,” Senator Borrello said. “Here we are days later with zero changes to the crippling executive authorities that are hurting businesses across the state and zero activity on what they are going to do to hold him accountable.”

However, over the past few days, a growing number of Democrats have started to urge New Yorkers to hold off on convicting Cuomo and allow for the Attorney General’s Office to finish its investigation. 

Before the most recent sexual harassment allegation came to light, with a woman accusing Cuomo of forcibly groping her at the governor’s mansion, State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, who has close ties to Cuomo, weighed in on the subject. He said these first five allegations are disturbing, but pushing the governor of New York to resign is not something to be taken lightly.

“Having him leave his office is a significant situation,” Jacobs said. “It’s not something you take lightly and it’s not something that’s done lightly. So surely we shouldn’t do it and have him leave office without making sure that we fully understand the reason why he should leave office.”

When asked his position on what should come next if more women come forward to accuse Cuomo, Jacobs said it is important to take each allegation as it comes.

“It’s if more people come out and say something that is really substantive,” Jacobs said. “Charlotte Bennett made very serious allegations that are substantive and they need to be taken that way. And then, I’ve seen some others that have happened after that that quite frankly may not rise to that same level. You might find them distasteful or otherwise perhaps I don’t know. And I’m not here to judge them. I’m just saying it really has to do with let’s see what substantively is alleged and let’s not just go through a numeric game and have a pile on here.”

Before the most recent allegation of the sixth woman, Democratic Assemblywoman Pat Fahy said for now, she is also urging lawmakers to wait until the investigation is complete, but says that could change depending on what new accusations come to light.

At the same time, she said these allegations have become a distraction and Cuomo should not run for a fourth term in 2022.

“Regardless of where the report comes back there is too much underway and I think the speaker did raise a good question of how effective can you be,” Fahy said.

Law experts estimate the attorney general’s investigation could take around two to three months.