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-Lurid Crime Tales-

AOC Calls for Investigation into ‘Extraordinarily Serious' Cuomo Sexual-Harassment Allegations

2021-02-28

(MSN) Representative Alexandria
"Boom-Boom"
Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Friday urged the New York State legislature to open an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo brought by his former staffer, Lindsey Boylan.The progressive congresswoman told reporters that survivors "deserve to be heard" and noted that the "process for hearing this allegation falls squarely in the state legislature."

Meanwhile, New York attorney general Letitia James is reportedly reviewing a letter from state Republicans who have also called for an investigation into the allegations against the governor, according to Fox News.

Lindsey Boylan, the former deputy secretary for economic development and special adviser to Cuomo, on Wednesday published an essay detailing alleged sexual harassment she endured while working for the governor, including unwanted kissing and touching.

She wrote in the essay that Cuomo, with the help of top female aides, "created a culture within his administration where sexual harassment and bullying is so pervasive that it is not only condoned but expected."

She also detailed an increasingly uncomfortable relationship she developed with the governor, in which he sought her out and set up one-on-one meetings with her.

Boylan recounted a flight she shared with the governor from an event in October 2017 in which Cuomo allegedly said, "Let’s play strip poker."

On another occasion, Boylan says the pair met one-on-one for a briefing when Cuomo allegedly kissed her.

"We were in his New York City office on Third Avenue," she writes. "As I got up to leave and walk toward an open door, he stepped in front of me and kissed me on the lips. I was in shock, but I kept walking."

Boylan later resigned on September 26, 2018.

Posted by:746

#19 Everything goes in cycles, good times and bad times.

Posted by: Clem 2021-02-28 22:43

#18 Something in the air smells of peak woke.
Hopefully it'll collapse quickly and take the right folks with it when it goes.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2021-02-28 20:49

#17 Asks Don, "Who lost Queens and da Bronx?
It had to be more than the Donks."
"Us voters from Brooklyn!
Well, that and the trucklin'
Of all o' youse Thunder-ten-Tronkhs."

Posted by: Kojo Tojo5311 2021-02-28 20:12

#16 Why do we continue to elect nut jobs like her to any office

We had nothing to do with it, Jack is Back. It was the silly majority of those who bothered to vote in her corner of Brooklyn.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-28 19:06

#15 Why do we continue to elect nut jobs like her to any office, especially dog catcher (I have 3 dogs)?

Posted by: Jack is Back! 2021-02-28 14:46

#14 Low IQ also called for Cruz to resign. Cancel culture for all.

Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-02-28 13:41

#13 Does Boom Boom understand she's on the same side as the Pubs on this topic?

Posted by: Bobby 2021-02-28 12:04

#12 No investigation needed. All has been known for some time. Now that the WH has been stolen, the chaff can be discarded.

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-02-28 12:03

#11 Well, if he's investigated for sexual misconduct (which, basically, means having a pair), he's not investigated for Covid euthanasia.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-28 11:36

#10 I'm shocked I tell you Shocked that bribery is going on.....Here is Cortex's duffle bag.

Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624 2021-02-28 10:59

#9 AOC was on Biden's case about the sexual harassment allegations against him last year until she suddenly got reallllllll quiet about it, not long before she became his Green Energy czar or some idiotic title.

Posted by: Clem 2021-02-28 10:28

#8 Biden: marginalize
Cuomo: demonize
Sanders: neutralize.

Runway all clear and ready for take off

Posted by: Spoting Champ7015 2021-02-28 10:08

#7 Ditto T².

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-02-28 10:05

#6 Mentally of 12 year olds on both sides of the issue; the devolution of governance to a 7th grade level, few signs of adult supervision anywhere on the state or national level.

Posted by: Thetch Therong3650 2021-02-28 10:00

#5 When Cuomo's not PC enough for the Dems you know we're in for a nutty political season.

Posted by: jpal 2021-02-28 09:31

#4 ^ potentially dethroning Mazie Hirono's seat as "Dumbest woman in Hawaii"?

Posted by: Frank G 2021-02-28 07:57

#3 Her move to California would be a geographic plus. Hawaii or Guam, even better.

Posted by: Besoeker 2021-02-28 07:49

#2 ~~Hat Check Girl~~ ~~Waitress~~ Bartender turned Congress Critter has had a taste of politics and now wants the Gov's chair.

Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2021-02-28 02:37

#1 So they can put an even bigger nutbag in charge like AOC.

Posted by: newc 2021-02-28 01:02

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