Melissa DeRosa, Top Aide To Gov. Cuomo, Resigns From Role

Melissa DeRosa, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide, has resigned from her role, she told the media Sunday night, about a week after a state attorney general report found the governor had sexually harassed 11 women.

DeRosa, who joined Cuomo's administration in 2013, eventually became one of the governor's most trusted confidantes. She wrote in a statement to news organizations that serving the people of New York had been "the greatest honor of my life."

"Personally, the past two years have been emotionally and mentally trying," DeRosa wrote in her statement. "I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state."

DeRosa often defended Cuomo when he faced public criticism. In March,that Cuomo's administration didn't turn over nursing home death data to legislators last August because of worries the information would be used against them by President Donald Trump's administration.