The founder of a group committed to fighting sexual harassment in the workplace advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team on an op-ed intended to smear one of his accusers.
A report released by the New York attorney general's office said Roberta Kaplan, the cofounder of Time's Up, advised the Cuomo team about an op-ed the governor wrote to discredit Lindsey Boylan, a former Cuomo adviser who accused the governor of sexual misconduct in December 2020.
A top Cuomo aide said Kaplan and Time's Up CEO Tina Tchen largely approved of the op-ed.
Cuomo penned the op-ed after Boylan publicly accused the governor of being "One of the biggest abusers of all time." Cuomo asked Melissa DeRosa, his top lieutenant, to reach out to Kaplan for advice about the letter he had written about Boylan.
Alphonso David, the former general counsel for Cuomo and current president of the Human Rights Campaign, also helped the Cuomo team go after Boylan.
David offered advice about the op-ed and helped the team round up signatures for a letter of support for Cuomo.
Time's Up issued a statement calling on Cuomo to resign from office but did not address Kaplan and Tchen's alleged involvement in advising Cuomo's team.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/times-up-founder-helped-cuomo-team-smear-governors-accuser/
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