Former aide Lindsey Boylan alleges Cuomo ‘sexually harassed’ her
A former aide to Gov. Cuomo now running for Manhattan borough president alleged Sunday morning on Twitter that her ex-boss “sexually harassed” her for her “looks” — but refused to share any more information.
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched,” wrote Lindsey Boylan on the platform. “I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks. Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years.”
A spokeswoman for Cuomo responded Sunday that, “There is simply no truth to these claims.”
As quickly as Boylan, 36, dropped the bombshell — in a thread about workplace sexual harassment, starting with her mother’s own experiences — she made clear she had no interest in sharing further details.
“To be clear: I have no interest in talking to journalists. I am about validating the experience of countless women and making sure abuse stops,” she wrote in another tweet.
Boylan served as Cuomo’s deputy secretary for economic development and a special advisor from March 2015 through October 2018, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Boylan abruptly resigned her state job following scrutiny of her own conduct in the workplace — including allegations of harassment, according to personnel documents obtained by The Post.
According to an internal memo from September of that year, three black employees went to state human resources officials accusing Boylan, who is white, of being a “bully” who “treats them like children.”
Confronted with that and other workplace misconduct allegations — including that she let her travel expenses pile up to the tune of $8,000 before reconciliation, and told a subordinate she’d accept her resignation without consulting human resources — in a subsequent sit-down with state honchos, Boylan voluntarily resigned her post, the documents indicate.
Days later, she had a change of heart and requested her job back, a third memo shows, but she ultimately moved on.
Boylan, who last week tweeted that the governor’s office was the “most toxic team environment” to work for, did not respond to requests for comment on both her allegations against Cuomo and her own workplace record.
She is currently mounting a campaign for Manhattan borough president in the 2021 election cycle.
Boylan also claimed in one Sunday tweet that she knows she’s not alone in her experience.
“Not knowing what to expect what’s the most upsetting part aside from knowing that no one would do a damn thing even when they saw it. No one,” she said. “And I *know* I am not the only woman.”
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She could be both a victim and a jerk. It happens.
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