{"id":726438,"date":"2021-09-07T10:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=726438"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:50:15","slug":"democratic-assemblyman-ron-kim-calls-out-liberal-nonprofits-accuses-them-of-selling-out-to-cover-up-cuomos-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-assemblyman-ron-kim-calls-out-liberal-nonprofits-accuses-them-of-selling-out-to-cover-up-cuomos-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Assemblyman Ron Kim Calls Out Liberal Nonprofits, Accuses Them Of Selling Out \u2018To Cover Up Cuomo\u2019s Abuse Of Power\u2019"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fdemocratic-assemblyman-ron-kim-calls-out-liberal-nonprofits-accuses-them-of-selling-out-to-cover-up-cuomos-abuse-of-power%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=726438&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\/09\/Cuomo-KIM-pic-e1631025260571.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic New York State Assemblyman Ron T. Kim criticized nonprofit organizations Monday for helping former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo \u201ccover up\u201d his \u201cabuse of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind Times Up &amp; HRC [Human Rights Campaign], dozens of other nonprofits sold out their missions to cover up Cuomo\u2019s abuse of power,\u201d Kim tweeted. \u201cThey served Cuomo as surrogates and validators and enjoyed the short-term gains.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.2887029288703\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Behind Times Up &amp; HRC, dozens of other nonprofits sold out their missions to cover up Cuomo\u2019s abuse of power. They served Cuomo as surrogates and validators and enjoyed the short-term gains.<\/p>\n<p>1\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron T. Kim (@rontkim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rontkim\/status\/1435192473509376001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cInstead of pushing back at Cuomo on bad deals like Amazon HQ2 or deadly policies like legal immunity for nursing home execs, many nonprofit validators (just like some local politicians) stood by Cuomo because they wanted to be closer to power,\u201d Kim continued.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/10\/resignation-accountability-ron-kim-andrew-cuomo-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Resignation Is Not Accountability\u2019: NY Assemblyman Criticizes Cuomo, Says Lawmakers Need To \u2018Make Sure There\u2019s Justice\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim went on to warn that without a new system of reform and oversight Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul \u201cwill continue to leverage the nonprofit industrial complex for her political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HRC fired now-former President Alphonso David from the organization Monday night for his alleged role in attempting to squash Cuomo\u2019s sexual harassment scandal. The investigation into Cuomo\u2019s assault allegations found that David, who was part of Cuomo\u2019s council from 2015-2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/05\/hrc-human-rights-campaign-alphonso-david-discredit-accuser-andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tried to discredit<\/a> accuser Lindsey Boylan on behalf of Cuomo. Staff at the HRC were calling for David to step down following the findings of the investigation, HuffPost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/human-rights-campaign-alphonso-david-andrew-cuomo_n_610ac8e1e4b0b94f6077dec0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlphonso, we will band together and take this to the board to request your resignation,\u201d one employee said during an all-staff meeting, according to HuffPost. \u201cAre you willing to take down our org with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other staffers reportedly questioned whether David would eventually step down.<\/p>\n<p>TIME\u2019S UP co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/times-up-tina-tchen-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tina Tchen<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/times-up-ceo-tina-tchen-resigns-metoo-andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resigned<\/a> in August after it was discovered she also worked to discredit Cuomo\u2019s accusers.<\/p>\n<p>TIME\u2019S UP\u2019s other co-founder, Roberta Kaplan, resigned in early August after investigators found that she too aided the Cuomo administration in discrediting his accusers.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-andrew-cuomo-sexually-harassment-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> into Cuomo found he sexually harassed multiple women and subjected his employees to offensive and sexually charged comments and unwanted touching. The investigation also found he launched a pressure campaign to keep his accusers quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, meanwhile, has been outspoken against Cuomo, having called for his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/22\/democratic-ny-assemblyman-ron-kim-calls-for-impeachment-of-gov-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">impeachment<\/a> in February following the nursing home scandal. Kim accused Cuomo of threatening to \u201cdestroy him\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/18\/ron-kim-threatening-phone-call-andrew-cuomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phone call<\/a> after he came out in support of impeachment. Kim promised accountability in March for Cuomo\u2019s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in relation to nursing homes, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/ron-kim-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">correctly predicting<\/a> Cuomo would be out of power soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that this governor will be held accountable, that I know that his reign of abusive power will end soon because there are way too many decent people in the city of New York to let this guy go unchecked,\u201d Kim said in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New York State Assemblyman Ron T. Kim criticized nonprofit organizations Monday for helping former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo \u201ccover up\u201d his \u201cabuse of power.\u201d\u201cBehind Times Up &#038; HRC [Human &#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-726438","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\/726438","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=726438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726438\/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=726438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}