{"id":1087372,"date":"2021-12-05T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087372"},"modified":"2021-12-05T18:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T23:13:34","slug":"report-cuomo-aide-used-mta-official-to-secretly-record-sexual-harassment-accuser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cuomo-aide-used-mta-official-to-secretly-record-sexual-harassment-accuser\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cuomo Aide Used MTA Official to Secretly Record Sexual Harassment Accuser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-cuomo-aide-used-mta-official-to-secretly-record-sexual-harassment-accuser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Andrew Cuomo\u2019s close aide apparently used a trick in an attempt to impugn one of the former governor\u2019s sexual harassment accusers, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/03\/derosa-used-mta-official-to-secretly-record-accuser\/\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuomo\u2019s right-hand aide Melissa DeRosa recruited a top MTA official as a spy to secretly record a phone conversation with an ex-executive staffer identified as \u2018Kaitlin\u2019 who subsequently became one of the governor\u2019s accusers,\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17445018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213726641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17445018 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1213726641-1024x843-1.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 20: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (L) speaks during his daily news conference with Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa (R) on March 20, 2020 in New York City. Cuomo ordered nonessential businesses to keep 100% of their workforce at home in an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Bennett Raglin\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"843\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (L) speaks during his daily news conference with Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa (R) on March 20, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ploy was brought to light in transcripts from state Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 investigation of Cuomo and confirmed by sources to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat potentially puts the ethically dubious ploy on thin legal ice is that Kaitlin was in California during the call \u2014 and under California law, both sides of a conversation need to give their consent before it\u2019s recorded,\u201d the report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>DeRosa asked MTA communications director Abbey Collins, who previously shared the same office with Kaitlin when they both worked in the governor\u2019s office, to reach out to her and secretly record their conversation in a bid to find out if she was allied with Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly air sexual harassment complaints against Cuomo, and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (D-Bronx), a critic of the then-governor\u2019s interactions with women.&nbsp;Kaitlin, employed in another state agency after working in the executive chamber, had tweeted in support of Boylan at the time DeRosa set Collins on her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The details were highlighted in the documents and transcripts of interviews released by James\u2019 office recently.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17434282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/08\/Melissa-DeRosa-resigns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17434282 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Melissa-DeRosa-resigns-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - JULY 23: Secretary to Governor Melissa DeRosa attends during the daily media briefing at the Office of the Governor of the State of New York on July 23, 2020 in New York City. The Governor said the state liquor authority has suspended 27 bar and restaurant alcohol licenses for violations of social distancing rules as public officials try to keep the coronavirus outbreak under control. (Photo by Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Secretary to Governor Melissa DeRosa attends during the daily media briefing at the Office of the Governor of the State of New York on July 23, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the secretly recorded phone call, Collins noted the governor\u2019s office was a difficult place to work but had \u201cnever seen anything like sexual harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Collins, after DeRosa\u2019s suggestion, lied to Kaitlin and said reporters contacted her and others in Cuomo\u2019s circle regarding her tweets. However, that was not the case, DeRosa and Collins eventually admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlin acted suspicious during the chat with Collins because she found out other Cuomo deputies were watching her LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKaitlin told investigators that she smelled a rat, that Collins was spying for team Cuomo,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> report said, adding that Collins was MTA communications director at the time and DeRosa admitted to making Collins the director when she asked her to spy on Kaitlin.<\/p>\n<p>Following the call, Collins said she regretted secretly recording a former colleague.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt just seemed to me that recording a conversation with a former colleague was not something I should have done,\u201d Collins explained.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is under federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/02\/report-feds-investigating-andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment-allegations\/\">investigation<\/a> due to allegations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ex-Gov. Cuomo under federal probe over sexual harassment claims | New York Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSKzwY2x7D8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuomo resigned from the governorship in August after 11 women accused the Democrat of sexual harassment and unwanted touching. Nine of the women were current or former state staff members,\u201d Breitbart News reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/04\/cnn-fires-chris-cuomo\/\">fired<\/a> <em>Cuomo Prime Time<\/em> host Chris Cuomo after reviewing documents showing he used media sources to find information about his brother Andrew Cuomo\u2019s sexual harassment accusers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Cuomo\u2019s close aide apparently used a trick in an attempt to impugn one of the former governor\u2019s sexual harassment accusers, the New York Post reported Friday. \u201cCuomo\u2019s right-hand aide &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}