It could not be worse for Gov. Cuomo. In addition to killing the elderly in his state through forced relocations and covering up deaths when reporting statistics in order to pad his own rep and get laurels and Emmy awards, he’s been accused of bullying, sexual harassment, hostile and toxic work environment and more. And condemned by Democrats in his own state.
And on Friday, just hours ago, yet another woman has come forward with accusations. Not a former aide, not some disgruntled person from his past. A second CURRENT aide is coming forward to share her story, via the New York Times, of exactly what kind of person the Gov. that gets the kid gloves from CNN really is. And what’s worse: he asked one of his victims not to mention his behavior to the other.
Here’s the opening of that NYT story.
He called her and her co-worker “mingle mamas.” He inquired about her lack of a wedding ring, she said, and the status of her divorce. She recalled him telling her she was beautiful — in Italian — and, as she sat alone with him in his office awaiting dictation, he gazed down her shirt and commented on a necklace hanging there.
In the latest allegation against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Alyssa McGrath, an employee of the governor’s office, described a series of unsettling interactions with the governor, telling The New York Times that Mr. Cuomo would ogle her body, remark on her looks, and make suggestive comments to her and another executive aide.
Ms. McGrath, 33, is the first current aide in Mr. Cuomo’s office to speak publicly about allegations of harassment inside the Capitol. Her account of casual sexual innuendo echoes other stories that have emerged in recent weeks about a demeaning office culture, particularly for young women who worked closely with the governor.
The most serious accusation against the governor was made by another current aide who has accused Mr. Cuomo of groping her breast in the Executive Mansion. Ms. McGrath said that the aide described the encounter in detail to her after it was made public in a report in The Times Union of Albany last week.
“She froze when he started doing that stuff to her,” Ms. McGrath said, adding, “But who are you going to tell?”
She added that the co-worker, who has not been publicly identified, told her that the governor had asked her not to talk about the alleged incident, knowing that the two women regularly spoke and texted about their interactions with Mr. Cuomo.
“He told her specifically not to tell me,” Ms. McGrath said.
As John Sexton said at Hot Air, “If Cuomo asked the 6th accuser not to tell her friend McGrath about the groping incident, that suggests he’s well aware that he did something wrong.”
“He’s not just an innocent, warm Italian who likes hugs,” Sexton writes. “He’s a guy trying to get away with misbehavior.”
That’s exactly the case.
There is no joy or schadenfreude to be had in hearing about the gross mistreatment of women that takes place in his office. But there is grim satisfaction in knowing that, for ONCE, a Democrat who is desperately trying to get away with something, isn’t.
Isn’t YET, anyway.