{"id":254856,"date":"2021-03-19T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=254856"},"modified":"2021-03-19T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:30:46","slug":"cuomo-told-aide-he-would-try-to-mount-her-report-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-told-aide-he-would-try-to-mount-her-report-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo Told Aide He Would Try To \u2018Mount\u2019 Her, Report Claims"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcuomo-told-aide-he-would-try-to-mount-her-report-claims%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=254856&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\/fb_image-2035.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In an interview with The New Yorker, Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, claimed that in 2018, at a meeting at the Governor\u2019s mansion, after Cuomo\u2019s puppy jumped up and down near her, Cuomo joked that if he were a dog, he would try to \u201cmount\u201d her, too.<\/p>\n<p>Boylan, who resigned in September 2018, told The New Yorker\u2019s Ronan Farrow, \u201cI remember being grossed out but also, like, what a dumb third-grade thing to say. \u2026 I just shrugged it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrow noted, \u201cA spokesperson for Cuomo declined to comment specifically on the claim, but reiterated Cuomo\u2019s denial that he behaved inappropriately with Boylan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-local-correspondents\/who-ordered-a-smear-campaign-against-andrew-cuomos-first-accuser\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p><em>At a press conference that February, Cuomo had proudly showed off his new puppy, a Siberian-Shepherd-Malamute mix named Captain. After the meeting, Boylan said that she made her way toward the entrance with the Governor, and Captain approached her. When the dog jumped up and down near her, Boylan said, she reached out to calm him, and then backed away. Cuomo, she said, joked that if he were a dog, he would try to \u201cmount\u201d her as well. Boylan said that she did not reply. \u201cI remember being grossed out but also, like, what a dumb third-grade thing to say.\u201d She added, \u201cI just shrugged it off.\u201d A spokesperson for Cuomo declined to comment specifically on the claim, but reiterated Cuomo\u2019s denial that he behaved inappropriately with Boylan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Boylan, a former top aide to Cuomo, stated in the interview with Farrow that she had initiated her sexual harassment claims against Cuomo in mid-December because of rumors that the Biden Administration would appoint Cuomo U.S. Attorney General. She had already tweeted for months that the workplace around Cuomo was hostile and toxic. After a fellow former Cuomo employee communicated to her that she had felt sexually harassed by Cuomo, Boylan told Farrow, \u201cI felt really responsible for what happened to this woman, because I didn\u2019t do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boylan told Farrow that once reaction erupted online to her accusations on December 13, which she tweeted while in the car with her husband, \u201cI felt like I was just exploded. And he felt like he was having a heart attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrow reported that Cuomo\u2019s \u201cinformal crisis-communications brain trust\u201d swiftly moved to counter Boylan\u2019s accusations. \u201cMembers of that group included Melissa DeRosa, a senior aide; Rich Azzopardi, Cuomo\u2019s spokesperson; and Steven M. Cohen, a former secretary to the Governor. They circulated Boylan\u2019s tweets and held a series of urgent calls,\u201d Farrow wrote.<\/p>\n<p>One source, recalling that the group was already dealing with the allegations that Cuomo\u2019s office had deliberately undercounted deaths in New York nursing homes revolving around the coronavirus, stated that the group was \u201cputting that to bed, and then she pipes up. And then it\u2019s sort of a big scramble. It was, like, what the hell do we do about this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boylan\u2019s personnel records were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-local-correspondents\/who-ordered-a-smear-campaign-against-andrew-cuomos-first-accuser\">leaked to the press<\/a> in an effort to discredit her. A source told Farrow, \u201cThe decision was made collectively. That these are facts, the reporters should see them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Cuomo stated, \u201cAs we said before, Ms. Boylan\u2019s claims of inappropriate behavior are quite simply false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoylan says that the pattern of inquiries about her and comments about her looks continued through the rest of her time in the administration,\u201d Farrow wrote. \u201cE-mails from Cuomo aides reviewed by <em>The New Yorker&nbsp;<\/em>were consistent with that account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farrow\u2019s article concludes, \u201cBoylan had personally witnessed Cuomo\u2019s belligerence with the press, and it had left a searing impression on her. \u2018I remember being in the car after one of our trips with the Governor and Melissa. And he is obliterating someone on the phone. He\u2019s obliterating him,\u2019 she said. \u2018I\u2019m just assuming it\u2019s one of our staffers. And it was this famous reporter.\u2019 She went on, \u2018His main source of power is destroying you in the press.\u2019 She paused. \u2018Look what he did to me.\u2019\u201d<\/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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with The New Yorker, Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Democratic New York Gov. 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