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Though Mr. Heastie is said not to have spoken to Mr. Cuomo in months, until his announcement on Tuesday, many of the governor’s detractors had seen Mr. Heastie as being in Mr. Cuomo’s corner.

Last month, when Mr. Heastie suggested that the attorney general’s findings alone would not be enough to act upon, Debra Katz, the lawyer for one of Mr. Cuomo’s accusers, Charlotte Bennett, accused him of betraying his duty.

“Speaker Heastie has made clear that he will actively obstruct efforts to hold Governor Cuomo responsible,” Ms. Katz said then.

Even now, some Democrats remain skeptical that Mr. Heastie, the party insider, will follow through on taking down such a powerful Democratic man.

“The Bronx machine has been a rat’s nest of patriarchy, historically,” said Alexis Grenell, another Democratic strategist, “and it was in no way disrupted by the former chairman.” Mr. Heastie stepped aside from the party leadership post when he became speaker in 2015.

But the left flank of Mr. Heastie’s Democratic conference is pressing for action — and fast.

Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Queens Democrat, who caused a stir in February when he said that Mr. Cuomo had threatened to “destroy” him, said that every additional day that Mr. Cuomo remains in office was a risk.

“We’re talking about one of the most powerful executives in the history of New York, who is willing to use every kind of public resource and leverage to save his behind,” Mr. Kim said, “and that’s a very dangerous position.”