Bombshell Cuo claim
Ex-aide: ‘years’ of sexual harassment
A former aide to Gov. Cuomo now running for Manhattan borough president alleged Sunday morning on Twitter that Cuomo “sexually harassed” her for her “looks” — but she refused to share any more information.
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched,” wrote Lindsey Boylan.
“I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks. Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years.”
A spokeswoman for Cuomo responded Sunday, saying, “There is simply no truth to these claims.”
As quickly as Boylan, 36, dropped the bombshell — in a thread about workplace sexual harassment, starting with a sharing of her mother’s own experiences — she declared that she would not be offering further details.
“To be clear: I have no interest in talking to journalists. I am about validating the experience of countless women and making sure abuse stops,” she wrote in another tweet.
Boylan served as Cuomo’s deputy secretary for economic development and a special adviser from March 2015 through October 2018, her LinkedIn profile says.
Boylan resigned from her state job following scrutiny of her own conduct in the workplace — including allegations of harassment, according to personnel documents obtained by The Post.
According to an internal memo from September 2018, three black employees went to state human-resources officials and accused Boylan of being a “bully” who “treats them like children.”
Confronted with that and other workplace-misconduct allegations — including accusations that she let her travel expenses pile up to the tune of $8,000 before reconciliation, and that she told a subordinate she would accept her resignation without consulting human resources — in a subsequent sit-down with state honchos, Boylan voluntarily resigned her post, the documents indicate.
Days later, she had a change of heart and requested her job back, another memo shows, but she ultimately moved on.
Boylan, who last week tweeted that the governor’s office was the “most toxic team environment” to work for, did not respond to requests for comment on both her allegations against Cuomo and her own workplace record.
She is currently mounting a campaign for Manhattan borough president in the 2021 election cycle.
Boylan also claimed in a Sunday tweet that she knows she was not alone in her experience.
“Not knowing what to expect what’s the most upsetting part aside from knowing that no one would do a damn thing even when they saw it. No one,” she wrote.
“And I *know* I am not the only woman.”