PUBLISHED 8:11 PM ET Feb. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:11 PM EST Feb. 26, 2021
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A former aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Lindsey Boylan, accused the governor of
sexual harassment earlier this week, but since this news broke, a few top Democrats on both the state and federal level have been silent.
One of the state’s most prominent female Democrats, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on Thursday, a day after this news broke, denied that she had read Boylan’s personal accounting of the governor’s alleged sexual harassment. I have not read her allegations or her post, her Medium post, but as I said, everyone has a right to be able to come forward and speak their truth and be heard, Sen. Gillibrand said. And that is true for her and that is also true for Gov. Cuomo.
PUBLISHED 6:24 PM ET Feb. 24, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:24 PM EST Feb. 24, 2021
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Cuomo s office has denied the allegations and in a joint statement former aides said a specific incident on a plane did not occur.
Still, the governor s fellow Democrats said the claims including one incident in which Boylan wrote Cuomo gave her an unwated kiss in his New York City office warrant further review.
“I am deeply disturbed by the allegations made by a former aide to the governor, accusing him of sexual harassment, said Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara. These are serious allegations. I’m calling for an immediate investigation into the governor’s workplace behavior. Sexual harassment of any kind cannot be tolerated.”