Governor Andrew Cuomo’s team was hit with more layoffs on Friday, as the three-term exile executive struggles to maintain his powerful post amid mounting calls for his resignation on charges of sexual harassment and cover-up of deaths in nursing homes .
The governor’s office confirmed the departure of health data analyst Erin Hammond and one of Cuomo’s schedulers, Sophie Boldison, in a statement to The Post.
A spokesman for Cuomo said Hammond was leaving to “focus on his family” and that Boldison was taking on a new role in the state university system – and said both exits had been underway for some time.
At least five aides have left Cuomo’s team in the past week and reports of a toxic work environment have surfaced even before the scandals.
The highest profile aide to leave Cuomo’s team so far is Gareth Rhodes, a top coronavirus advisor, who announced his departure on Wednesday after a guest at his wedding went public with allegations that Cuomo sexually harassed her in the later reception.
Rhodes is returning to his previous role in the Wall Street state regulator, the Department of Financial Services.
The same day, a spokesman for the governor’s press office, Will Burns, announced that he was stepping down to prepare for the college entrance exam for law school.
And Cuomo’s press secretary, Caitlin Girouard, is putting his last day on the Cuomo team on Friday – after spending two years there.
She is leaving for a position at a technology company and told the Post in a statement that she accepted the new job in January, before the scandal tsunami.