Andrew Cuomo, accused of sexual harassment: a former counselor …

Lindsey Boylan, Former Advisor to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and presidential candidate for the borough of Manhattan, revealed details of the alleged harassment he suffered during the four years he worked for the Democratic official. In an essay published on the Medium platform, Boylan – who came to serve as deputy secretary of the Department of Economic Development before resigning in 2018 – claimed Cuomo had “sexually harassed her for years” and kissed her without her consent.

According to Boylan’s account, as he was about to leave a meeting at the governor’s office in 2018, Cuomo “He stood in front of me and kissed me on the lips”. “I was in shock, but kept walking,” Boylan said. Shortly after, he added, he tendered his resignation..

Boylan assured that harassment situations were much more and that the governor used to make inappropriate comments – for example about the physical appearance of women working in his administration – and created a hostile working environment for women.

The former adviser said that in October 2017 during a robbery the governor suggested to play strip poker. “We had returned from an event in western New York in October 2017 on his tax-paid plane. He was sitting in front of me so close our knees almost touched. His press secretary was to my right and there was a state soldier behind us, ”she wrote in the essay, adding that she replied sarcastically to Cuomo.

Shortly after the writing was published, Governor’s press secretary Caitlin Girouard denied Boylan’s allegations stressing: “As we have said before, the allegations of inappropriate behavior by Ms. Boylan (of Cuomo) are simply false.”

Boylan publicly denounced the New York governor in December last year through a message he posted on his Twitter account. “Yes @NYGovCuomo has sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it and watched, ”he tweeted.

In a statement, Girouard offered data from four flights shared by Boylan and Cuomo in October 2017 and assured that the four people who shared a plane with them, identified as John Maggiore, Howard Zemsky, Dani Lever and Abbey Fashouer Collins agreed than “This conversation (about ‘strip poker’) did not take place”.

Meanwhile, the HuffPost posted this, According to Boylan’s former colleagues, the then counselor had to resign from her post due to mistreatment and abuse of power.. According to sources seen by US media, there have been complaints to the human resources office in which employees say Boylan yelled at them and “treated them like children.”

Boyland, for his part, shows in his Medium essay discussions and messages he had with his mother recounting situations he experienced at work and even an email from a coworker who said Cuomo found. a resemblance between the former advisor and his ex-partner.

“Telling my truth has nothing to do with revenge. She was proud to work in the Cuomo administration. I have long admired the governor. But his abusive behavior must stop, Boyland said, saying he was contacted by two other women who had been harassed by the politician. I hope that sharing my story can pave the way for other women to do the same. “