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A New York judge postponed a court appearance for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to respond to a misdemeanor forcible touching charge after a prosecutor called the criminal complaint "potentially defective" and asked for more time.

In a letter to Albany City Court Judge Holly Trexler, Albany District Attorney David Soares asked that Cuomo's arraignment, which had been scheduled for Nov. 17, be delayed for 60 days "to reduce the risk of a procedural dismissal of the case."

Mr. Soares, a Democrat, asked the judge, Holly Trexler of Albany City Court, to delay Mr. Cuomo’s arraignment, which had been scheduled for Nov. 17, “to reduce the risk of a procedural dismissal of this case” and to give the district attorney “time to continue with our independent and unbiased review of the facts in this case.”