{"id":623935,"date":"2021-08-08T23:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T03:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=623935"},"modified":"2021-08-08T23:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T03:36:34","slug":"cuomos-top-aide-right-hand-woman-resigns-from-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomos-top-aide-right-hand-woman-resigns-from-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo\u2019s Top Aide, \u2018Right-Hand Woman,\u2019 Resigns From Post"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcuomos-top-aide-right-hand-woman-resigns-from-post%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=623935&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\/08\/DeRosa.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Melissa DeRosa, the top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), resigned late Sunday night as pressure continues to mount for Cuomo to step down from office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DeRosa, 38, joined the Cuomo administration in 2013 as communications director, and over the years, rose to become \u201cthe most powerful appointed official in the state,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/08\/nyregion\/melissa-derosa-resign-cuomo.html\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> The New York Times. She was also described by the Times as Cuomo\u2019s \u201cright-hand woman,\u201d as she was highly involved in helping to make Cuomo\u2019s political priorities a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been the greatest honor of my life to serve the people of New York for the past 10 years,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cNew Yorkers\u2019 resilience, strength and optimism through the most difficult times has inspired me every day. Personally, the past two years have been emotionally and mentally trying. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.741935483871\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/melissadderosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@melissadderosa<\/a>\u2069 resigns as Secretary for \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYGovCuomo<\/a>\u2069.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ierDKCzzZY\">pic.twitter.com\/ierDKCzzZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackFinkNews\/status\/1424543469368926211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>DeRosa has been a key figure in Cuomo\u2019s office, particularly amidst his recent scandals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the state attorney general\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021.08.03_nyag_-_investigative_report.pdf\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span>, DeRosa was the person who requested the \u201cfull file\u201d of accuser Lindsay Boylan after Boylan publicly accused Cuomo of being \u201cone of the biggest abusers of all time.\u201d Later, on December 13, 2020, when Boylan accused Cuomo of sexually harassing her, DeRosa played a role in deciding to release confidential files about Boylan to various media outlets in a purported effort to cast doubt on her credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also played a role in drafting an op-ed about Boylan and in soliciting feedback for it on behalf of the governor. While the op-ed was never published, the state attorney general found the drafting and circulation \u201cconstituted unlawful retaliation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Cuomo\u2019s top aide, DeRosa also had a hand in his nursing home scandal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>DeRosa was the person who told state Democrats, during a call last year, that the Cuomo administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-cuomos-top-aide-says-new-york-hid-nursing-home-death-toll\"><span>withheld the number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths<\/span><\/a><span> from the legislature because they feared the data could be turned into a \u201cpolitical football.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the New York Post, which obtained audio of the call, reported at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><em>\u201cHe starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes,\u201d DeRosa said. \u201cHe starts going after [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, starts going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, starts going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to attacking Cuomo\u2019s fellow Democratic governors, DeRosa said, Trump \u201cdirects the Department of Justice to do an investigation into us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd basically, we froze,\u201d she told the lawmakers on the call.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Assemblymember Ron Kim, a Democrat on the call, spoke up about the nursing home deaths and told CNN that, subsequently, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-lawmaker-claims-governor-cuomo-threatened-to-destroy-him-over-nursing-home-criticisms\"><span>Cuomo called him<\/span><\/a><span> \u201c<\/span><span>to threaten my career if I did not cover up for Melissa [DeRosa] and what she said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa DeRosa, the top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), resigned late Sunday night as pressure continues to mount for Cuomo to step down from office.DeRosa, 38, joined &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623935","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\/623935","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=623935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623935\/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=623935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}