Opinion: Don’t Let a Cuomo Mayoralty Bring ‘Climate of Fear’ to City Hall

“How can we allow Andrew Cuomo—with his long history of violating and degrading women, refusing accountability, and using taxpayer dollars to attack his victims in court—run City Hall?”

I know how difficult it is to speak out about discrimination and harassment as a government employee. Back in 2020 when I filed a lawsuit against the City Council alleging retaliation and failure to accommodate my need for fertility treatment, I was subjected to retaliation within my community for taking legal action.

Because of that history, I refuse to stay silent while a disgraced former governor tries to weasel his way into the mayor’s office—all while trying to silence the women he’s tormented. Things were bad in City Hall when I worked there—particularly for Black women like me—and they would be unspeakably worse under a Cuomo administration.

Hundreds of pages of evidence from Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation show then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo “groped, kissed or made suggestive comments” to at least 11 female staffers, and a separate Department of Justice investigation revealed that he “repeatedly subjected” others to harassment and retaliation, breaking several state and federal laws…

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