Andrew Cuomo’s office a ‘toxic work environment’ where workers ‘are deathly afraid of’ the New York governor
A POLITICIAN who previously worked as a staffer for Andrew Cuomo called the New York governor’s office a “toxic work environment” in a Twitter rant on Saturday. Lindsey Boylan, who previously served as Deputy Secretary of Economic Development for New York, alleged that people working for the governor are “deathly afraid of him.” The Democrat […]
A POLITICIAN who previously worked as a staffer for Andrew Cuomo called the New York governor’s office a “toxic work environment” in a Twitter rant on Saturday.
Lindsey Boylan, who previously served as Deputy Secretary of Economic Development for New York, alleged that people working for the governor are “deathly afraid of him.”
The Democrat had previously worked the state’s chief economic development agency Empire State Development from 2015 until March 2018 – when she was appointed by Cuomo to serve as a special adviser.
“Don’t be surprised that it’s the same small group of white people sitting alongside him at every presser. The same group that he has had by him the whole time, doing his dirty work,” she tweeted.
“If you’re not one of those handful, your life working for him is endlessly dispiriting.”
Boylan, who ran for election to the U.S. House of Representatives but lost in the June Democratic primary, was prompted to make her comments by a tweet from fashion photographer Jerry Avanaim asking his followers to “name the worst job you’ve ever had.”
The politician, who describes herself as a progressive on her Twitter account, claimed that waitressing for restaurant chain Friendly’s was “an infinitely more respectful environment” than working for Cuomo.
“If people weren’t deathly afraid of him, they’d be saying the same thing and you’d already know the stories,” Boylan tweeted.
She continued: “Seriously, the messages and texts I receive when I speak the truth about this…it’s a whole book of people who have been harmed.”
Boylan noted that she was “privileged” to be able to “opt out” of working for Cuomo and alleged that she tried to quit three times.
“I’ve worked hard my whole life. Hustled – fake it till you make it style. That environment is beyond toxic. I’m still unwrapping it years later in therapy!” she tweeted.
Boylan also cryptically noted she was asked to sign some sort of document when she left the position, though did not provide any specifics on the contents of the document.
“Yes I did not sign whatever they told me to sign when I left. Nope!” she tweeted.
Last month, another former Cuomo aide slammed the governor as a “snarling attack dog” and claimed he is “milking” the coronavirus pandemic.
Alexis Grenell, Cuomo’s former deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, published a scathing column in The Nation titled “The Collapse of the Cuomosexual.”
“The Andrew Cuomo New Yorkers know and mostly tolerate, the snarling attack dog who gaslights fellow Democrats and deploys staff to call his female critics ‘f**kg idiots,” dropped down to Earth last week.” she wrote.
“It was a hard landing after a long-distance love affair with a fanbase in a galaxy far, far away.”
Last month, Cuomo shouted at journalists in Albany when fielding questions about a potential shutdown of schools in New York City due to a rising number of coronavirus infections.
Wall Street Journal reporter Jimmy Vielkind asked Cuomo during the press briefing if he would overrule a decision by city officials to close schools.
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“What are you talking about? ‘You’re now going to override,’ we did it already! That’s the law!” Cuomo shouted. “An orange zone and a red zone, follow the facts!”
“I’m still confused,” Vielkind replied.
“Then you’re confused!” the governor shouted back.
“I’m confused and parents are still confused as well,” Vielkind asserted.
“No, they’re not confused. You’re confused,” Cuomo told him. “Read the law and you won’t be confused.”