Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Sunday denied allegations that he ignored repeated complaints of sexual harassment from one former state employee against another.

The complaint names Sam Hoyt — the former president of the Empire State Development Corporation — and the governor as defendants.

Lisa Marie Cater accuses Hoyt of sending her a lewd photo and groping her after he got her a job at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

"It has been very difficult for me to come forward with this, and I have faith that this system of justice will prevail and not another woman has to go through what I went through," Cater said at a press conference in Manhattan on Sunday.

The suit claims Cuomo's office wanted the issue to "go away." But sources told NY1 that the governor acted immediately when the employee initially complained.

Sources also said Cater reached a monetary settlement with Hoyt.

Cater and her lawyer, Paul Liggieri, have called for an independent investigator to handle the case, and said Hoyt and Cuomo are not above the law.

"Samuel Hoyt and the State of New York must be held accountable for their actions," Liggieri said Sunday. "I am calling on the State of New York for an independent investigator to handle this. There's no reason, in my opinion, for the fox to be guarding the henhouse. That's what Mr. Hoyt is, and that is what an internal investigation would yield."

Hoyt stepped down last month after the accusations first surfaced.