The Niagara Gazette on an investigation into harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

We wonder if Gov. Andrew Cuomo has undergone the anti-sexual harassment training the rest of us do ever y year. If so, it didn’t take.

Let us say at the top that Cuomo, like anyone else, is entitled to have the claims against him investigated before judgment is rendered.

Women have accused him of harassment. He has flatly denied some of the claims.

But even the things to which he has admitted fall outside the bounds of acceptable behavior. They’d have earned any of us mere mortals a trip to the HR office at the very least.

Cuomo’s “apology” was lame at best.

“At work sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think are funny,” he said in a prepared statement. “I do, on occasion, tease people in what I think is a good natured way. I do it in public and in private. You have seen me do it at briefings hundreds of times. I have teased people about their personal lives, their relationships, about getting married or not getting married. I mean no offense and only attempt to add some levity and banter to what is a ver y serious business.”

We have seen those briefings. The public jibes are never funny. We can only imagine how the private ones impact people who, in subser vient positions to the governor, are afraid to respond.

“To be clear I never inappropriately touched anybody and I never propositioned anybody and I never intended to make anyone feel uncomfortable, but these are allegations that New Yorkers deser ve answers to,” he said.

At least two women say Cuomo did touch them inappropriately. Their accusations — like those of another woman who told of verbal harassment — deser ve investigation . ...

Impeachment or resignation may well be in order. It’s important for the governor — and all people who hold power over others — to understand there are limits on that power, that their authority is confined to the job and does not extend into personal lives.

But let’s find out, through real investigation, where the truth lies. Everyone, including Andrew Cuomo, deser ves that much.