we turn now to karen dewitt, new york state public radio's capitol bureau chief, in albany.elcome to the "newshour". just how come -- >> thanks, judy. >> woodruff: absolutely. how compelling is the evidence that the attorney general presents in this report? >> well, you know, i found all of these allegations pretty compelling, and most of them we knew about when they first became public late in march, i covered them, i talked to some of the women, but i have to say all in one place, the way this report put them out, it was deeply shocking to see all of these allegations that were pretty well corroborated, and what one really struck me was is this incident to have the state trooper because we hadn't heard of it. she was pulled out of the ranks by cuomo, chosen to be the boddia guard. usually the superintendent of the state police does that so that was highly unusual. according to the report, she was subjected to inappropriate touching, questions and advise from him act getting a girlfriend and questions about why wasn't she wearing a dress. all of that combined was really dev

karen dewitt from new york state public radio. >> and with the staffing in the state, are you going to require state workers to vaccinate, and any chance that you would declare a health emergency to vaccinate. >> let me answer this two ways. now, for the next 13 days, the current governor will make decisions is in respect to that. i will use this time to evaluate, and i will tell you that all options are on the table, and i'll be looking closely at the trends in consultation with the health care professionals as well as the cdc. i want the people to know that currently the administration does not possess the executive powers that it had last year at the time when i was very engaged in dealing with the covid response and the authorities held by the administration were much more expansive than they are at this time. and that being said, we will monitor this closely, and i can assure everyone that we will be looking at all options, but also i believe that the key to get through this has been before eyes for months. it is as simple as more people to get vaccinated. we have a high rate of p

karen dewitt from new york state public radio. >> as you know, the vaccination rate in the state, do you think we should get more people vaccinated? is there any chance you'd declare a public state of emergency or have public mask mandates. >> let me answer that two days. one right now for the next 13 days the current governor will make decisions with respect to that. i'm going to use this time to evaluate and i will tell you that all auoptions are on the table and i'll be looking very closely at the trends in consultation with our health care professionals as well as the cdc. i want people to know that currently the administration does not possess the executive powers that it had last year at the time when i was very engaged with dealing with the covid response. and the authorities held by the administration were much more expansive than they are at this time. that being said, we are going to monitor this closely and i can assure everyone that we'll be looking at all options, but also i believe that the key to get through this has been before our eyes for months. it's as simple as m