“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…