{"id":185205,"date":"2021-03-01T14:45:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=185205"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:45:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:45:42","slug":"nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-says-he-witnessed-cuomo-being-abusive-blasts-governors-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-says-he-witnessed-cuomo-being-abusive-blasts-governors-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Says He \u2018Witnessed\u2019 Cuomo Being \u2018Abusive,\u2019 Blasts Governor\u2019s Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-says-he-witnessed-cuomo-being-abusive-blasts-governors-apology%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=185205&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1061170864-e1607962758337.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York City mayor Bill de Blasio told a radio show Monday morning that he wants a \u201cfull investigation\u201d into sexual harassment allegations recently leveled against New York governor Andrew Cuomo \u2014 and added that he was \u201csickened\u201d by Cuomo\u2019s alleged \u201cabusive\u201d behavior, which de Blasio claims to have witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sickened me, it sickened me,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madinatoure\/status\/1366397870291771396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366397870291771396%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fandrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment-allegations-de-blasio\">De Blasio told a radio program<\/a>. \u201cThe thought of a powerful man trying to take advantage of his power, intimidate a young woman and just the sense that he was treating her like \u2014 again these are allegations and we need a full investigation \u2014 but if that was what truly happened it was like he was treating her like she was his property. Just disgusting, creepy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Cuomo has been under increasing scrutiny over his decision to send recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes and other adult care facilities regardless of whether they were still positive for the virus, the narrative shifted over the weekend to Cuomo\u2019s personal behavior, after two allegations of sexual harassment surfaced both from former aides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLindsey Boylan, a candidate for Manhattan borough president who formerly worked for Cuomo and the state\u2019s economic development agency, revealed in a blog post on Wednesday that the governor had kissed her without her consent and asked her to play strip poker,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-governor-andrew-cuomo-releases-statement-apologizing-for-behavior-following-sexual-harassment-allegations\">Politico reported over the weekend<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThen, on Saturday, The New York Times reported that Charlotte Bennett, a former executive assistant and health policy adviser to Cuomo, was also sexually harassed by the governor, including inappropriate questions about her sex life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio, who has been at odds with the governor for nearly a year, most notably over their difference of opinion on how to approach the coronavirus pandemic, also assailed the governor\u2019s apology, which focused largely on his own behavior. Cuomo apologized, in a sense, for the harassment, but suggested that he has a twisted sense of humor that could be easily misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual harassment is not funny,\u201d De Blasio said. \u201cWho the hell tries to explain that by saying I was just joking around?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NYC mayor then admitted that he\u2019d seen Cuomo engage in behavior he described as \u201cabusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen him be abusive in a way that would not be accepted by anyone in leadership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the harassment claims, Cuomo is also accused of bullying a New York Assemblyman, Ron Kim, in a phone call in February.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, who has been a longtime critic of Cuomo\u2019s nursing home policy, says the governor called him at home on his cell phone just days after news broke that a Cuomo aide had privately told Democrats that the Cuomo administration had deliberately hidden the number of nursing home deaths so as to avoid a federal investigation. Kim claims Cuomo threatened his livelihood if he did not defend the governor\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Kim has since called for Cuomo to be impeached and says he is working on shoring up bipartisan support for an impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City mayor Bill de Blasio told a radio show Monday morning that he wants a \u201cfull investigation\u201d into sexual harassment allegations recently leveled against New York governor Andrew &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274479,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1061170864-e1607962758337.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Says He \u2018Witnessed\u2019 Cuomo Being \u2018Abusive,\u2019 Blasts Governor\u2019s Apology","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1061170864-e1607962758337.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Says He \u2018Witnessed\u2019 Cuomo Being \u2018Abusive,\u2019 Blasts Governor\u2019s Apology","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185205","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}