A second former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has accused him of sexual harassment.
Said Charlotte Bennett, 25, former executive assistant and health policy adviser to the administration The New York Times that Cuomo had asked her multiple questions about her sex life and relationships, including whether she had ever slept with an older man and whether she was related to other staff members when the two were alone in her office in June 2020. to say he said he was open to a relationship with a twenty-year-old woman and that he had been looking for a girlfriend in Albany.
“I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me and I felt horribly uncomfortable and scared,” she said, adding that “I assumed it was the end of my job.” He reported the incident to his chief of staff and gave a statement on the incident to a special attorney’s office, after which she was taken to the governor for a job on the other side of the building. of the Chapters. His parents and friends confirmed to the Time who mentioned the conversation with Cuomo in later days.
Cuomo said to the Time he had been mentoring Bennett and that she had been open to him about surviving sexual assault. He did not refuse to ask her personal questions.
“I never advanced towards Mrs. Bennett nor did I intend to act in any way that was inappropriate,” she said. “This situation cannot and must not be resolved in the press. I believe that the best way to get to the truth is through a thorough and thorough external review and I am directing all state employees to make that effort. ”
Beth Garvey, the governor’s special adviser, said Bennett “was consulted on the resolution and expressed satisfaction and gratitude for the way it was handled.”
A former federal judge will lead a review of the issue.
Bennett’s allegations come shortly after another former aide, Lindsey Boylan, said Cuomo had “harassed several times.” [me] about my appearance “and that the conduct continued” for years, “at one point left her” shocked “after the governor allegedly subjected her to an unsolicited kiss. A Cuomo spokesman said of the Boylan’s accusations: “There is simply no truth in these statements.”
Allegations of harassment are not the only scandal Cuomo is granting. His handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic has caused considerable political consequences after he wrote a book on the Victory Round entitled American crisis: leadership lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. An aide said his administration intentionally reported the deaths of residents of nursing homes by COVID-19 for fear of being prosecuted and political reactions.
Cuomo has responded strongly to criticism from his administration. New York Assembly member Ron Kim said Cuomo threatened to “destroy” him after Kim called for an investigation into the nursing home’s death toll. His enemies, who smell of blood in the water, have let a decade resent his bitter criticism of his style of politics as a rule out of fear.