One campaign ripple, another thunderbolt! New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is now being accused of sexual harassment after he was previously criticized by the media for underreporting the number of deaths in the new crown.
Cuomo’s former henchman Lindsey Boylan broke the scathing story that Cuomo abused his power and sexually harassed her multiple times over the years, which included making her play strip poker on a flight back in 2017 and forcibly kissing her without permission.
Boylan had a working relationship with Cuomo between 2016 and 2018, and she worked for the New York Economic Development Public Welfare Corporation until 2018, after which she began working as a special advisor to Cuomo. Today, she dropped a bombshell on Cuomo! Releasing a long article accusing Cuomo, the article is titled “The Story of My Work with Governor Cuomo”.
Let’s play strip poker.
Let’s play strip poker. This is the beginning of the article, strip poker is a game of poker where the loser takes off his clothes. Boylan said she should have been shocked when she heard Cuomo’s crude suggestion. But she wasn’t.
It was October 2017, and they were returning to New York on a taxpayer-paid plane, with Cuomo sitting directly across from Boylan, their knees almost touching. Cuomo’s press aide was sitting next to Boylan, and the New York State Police were sitting behind them.
At the Time, Boylan sarcastically and awkwardly replied to Cuomo, “That’s exactly what I thought!” She said she was trying to maintain a cool demeanor, but at that moment she realized she was used to Cuomo’s harassment like this. In fact, the Culture at Cuomo’s office is one in which sexual harassment and bullying are ubiquitous.
Such behavior is not only condoned, it is even expected. Because when Cuomo behaves inappropriately with a woman, it shows that Cuomo likes her. And Cuomo’s strong-arm tactics can threaten his critics, so if anyone dares to stand up for themselves, they must be prepared to face the consequences.
Last December, a former Cuomo henchman told Boylan she had been sexually harassed by Cuomo, and her story sounded just like Boylan’s own experience. Upon seeing Cuomo’s name later become Biden‘s choice for attorney general, Boylan decided not to be silent anymore. She told the world via Twitter: New York Governor Cuomo had sexually harassed her, and not just her, but many more women.
Boylan joined New York State government in 2015 as a vice president at Empire State Development before being promoted to chief of staff at the New York Economic Development Authority. Immediately after accepting this appointment, a friend warned her: beware of the governor!
Boylan and Cuomo first met at an event at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 6, 2016, when Cuomo came to strike up a conversation with Boylan, much to Boylan’s surprise. Boylan’s boss later told her that the governor liked her! In December of that year, Cuomo’s chief of staff told Boylan in an email that she looked like Cuomo’s rumored ex-girlfriend, Lisa Shields, and was better looking.
Later, Cuomo began referring to Boylan as Lisa…
Boylan had complained to her mother and friends that Cuomo would put his arm around her waist or touch her arms and legs.
In 2016 Boylan’s mother texted her saying, Cuomo is a sexist pig, don’t be alone with him!
Cuomo’s senior assistant would also ask about Boylan’s whereabouts.
By December 2016, Boylan said she began to get nervous over Cuomo’s actions. Senior employees in the governor’s office were doing their annual celebration at the time, and after Cuomo’s speech, he walked right up to Boylan despite the hundreds of people waiting to shake his hand, but Boylan immediately ran away.
A few minutes later, Boylan’s phone showed an undisclosed number, and the caller knew Cuomo’s bodyguard. He told Boylan to go to the state capitol, that the governor wanted to see her. The state capitol was connected to the celebration by underground tunnels, and on the way to the state capitol, Boylan called her husband and told him she was worried something was going to happen. When she got out of the elevator, the bodyguard was waiting outside and led Boylan to the governor’s office. It was then that Boylan asked the security guard, “Are there any cameras in here? What came to her mind then was her mother’s text message: Don’t be alone with the governor.
But in the end, she made her way to Cuomo’s office, just the two of them. Cuomo began to introduce Boylan to his office, while Boylan tried to keep his distance. Cuomo also pulls out a cigar box to show off, saying that it was given to him by Clinton. Cuomo seemed to sense Boylan’s fear, and eventually nothing happened and Boylan left the governor’s office safely. But after that, Cuomo’s inappropriate behavior didn’t stop there, such as when he would send Boylan autographed photos of himself.
In 2018, Boylan was promoted to special counsel to the governor. At first, she turned down the job because she didn’t want to get too close to Cuomo. But Cuomo was very insistent, and finally Boylan agreed on the condition that she could work in her old office. That office was not on the same floor as Cuomo.
Boylan found that Cuomo’s harassment was not limited to her, but also to other female colleagues. Cuomo once said that men get women because of “power and money”.
The turning point in their relationship came after a one-on-one briefing, when the office door was open and Boylan was about to leave when Cuomo got up and kissed Boylan on the lips. Boylan was stunned, but she continued to walk out of the governor’s office.
When she passed by Cuomo’s assistant’s station, Boylan was afraid that she would see the scene and be misunderstood as her seducing the governor. Each day thereafter, Boylan’s fear intensified and she felt sick to her stomach every day she went to work. on September 26, 2018, Boylan finally couldn’t take it anymore and announced her resignation.
After it was made public, Boylan said she received messages and emails showing that there was a book so many people had all been hurt at one time or another. And Cuomo has a group of white cronies around him who do Cuomo’s “dirty work”. If you’re not in the loop, it’s incredibly frustrating to work for Cuomo.
I am a woman who has worked hard my whole Life just to make a better life for myself and to help others,” Boylan said. But I have found countless women who are victims, who have chosen to remain silent. I hate men like Cuomo who abuse their power.”
Boylan believes that Cuomo was so unbridled because those around him feared him: “I had multiple jobs, and even as a young man I was more respected as a waitress at the restaurant Frindlys than I was in the Cuomo administration, even when someone was rude to you and someone gave you a small tip. If the people inside weren’t so afraid of Cuomo, then they this would surely tell the same story as I did.”
Boylan has previously run unsuccessfully for the New York State Assembly and is currently running for the position of Manhattan Borough President in 2021.
Cuomo denies it all
In response to Boylan’s allegations, Cuomo unsurprisingly denied all of them. His office issued a statement: As we have said before, Boylan’s allegations of misconduct against Cuomo are completely false.
As for Boylan’s reference to “strip games,” Cuomo’s office cited four Cuomo aides who were on the plane with Cuomo and Boylan at the time, all of whom said the conversation never took place.
This is not the only scandal Cuomo has denied recently. Cuomo was embroiled in controversy last week for underreporting the death toll of a new crown at a New York State retirement center. New York Democratic State Assemblyman Ron Kim, who has publicly criticized Cuomo, accused Cuomo of calling to threaten that if he didn’t help Cuomo clear his name, then Cuomo would destroy Kim!
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