The legal team representing the Executive Chamber released a 13-page letter Thursday in an attempt to dispel a damning report from Attorney General James’ office that substantiated sexual harassment claims of 11 women and found Cuomo’s office retaliated against Boylan after she came forward.
ALBANY — Lawyers for Gov. Cuomo are pushing back on assertions that the governor and his top aides retaliated against former adviser Lindsey Boylan after she publicly accused him of sexual harassment. The legal team representing the Executive Chamber released a 13-page letter Thursday in an attempt to dispel a damning report from State Attorney General Letitia James’ office that substantiated sexual harassment claims of 11 women and found Cuomo’s office retaliated against Boylan after she came forward. “One of the report’s many errors is its conclusion that the Executive Chamber impermissibly retaliated when it responded to Lindsey Boylan’s allegations,” Cuomo attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement, along with a link to a “detailed analysis explaining why such a finding would be legally and factually wrong.” The attorney general’s report “irresponsibly mischaracterizes and dismisses” the analysis, Fishman said. The letter defending Cuomo and his team for leaking Boylan’s personnel records to reporters was sent to independent investigators working under James on July 18.
