The woman whose allegations sparked Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal on Wednesday called the impeachment investigation against him a “farce” – and promised not to cooperate.
Meanwhile, another accuser said she should spend up to three hours being interviewed by independent investigators conducting a separate investigation for Attorney General Letitia James.
In two tweets, former Cuomo aide Lindsey Boylan repeatedly attacked Assembly President Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx), who last week authorized an impeachment investigation by the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.
“Don’t trust @CarlHeastie. Your impeachment investigation was not designed to be transparent or to move forward quickly, and there is nothing @NYGovCuomo wants more than time, ” she wrote.
“Many of us don’t put our whole lives at risk for this shit. I certainly didn’t and I won’t have it. “
Boylan, now a Democratic candidate for the Manhattan district presidency, also said she – and other unspecified women – would not cooperate with the Judiciary Committee’s investigation.
“What would be the point of survivors talking to investigators of their @CarlHeastie fraudulent investigation?” she wrote.
“I am talking to other women who have no interest in their corrupt and cynical ‘investigation’. Difficult pass. “
Heastie’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Boylan, 36, claimed that Cuomo, 63, subjected her to harassment that included kissing her “on the mouth” when she left a meeting at her office in Manhattan in 2018.
Also on Wednesday, former Cuomo aide Ana Liss, 35, told USA Today that she agreed to a Zoom meeting on Thursday afternoon with the attorney general’s outside investigators.
Liss – who accused Cuomo of saying, “Hey, honey!” kiss her face and grab her around the waist to pose for a photo in 2014 – said she was asked to set aside three hours for the session.
“I think it will remind me of something really harmful that happened to me and that I had no control over,” said Liss.
“I believe I am contributing to efforts to fix the mistakes and make the state government headquarters a more equitable and fair place for people to work, no matter how you look or how tall or humble you are.”
Liss will be at least the second woman interviewed as part of the investigation commissioned by James.
On Monday, the lawyer for former Cuomo advisor Charlotte Bennett, 25, said she was interviewed for nearly four hours and revealed that Cuomo is reportedly obsessed with the size of her hands and reportedly told her and other employees what this was all about. meant.
Lawyer Debra Katz gave no further details in her prepared statement.
Cuomo – who has been accused of acts as serious as groping a female assistant at the Executive Mansion last year – has repeatedly denied that he has “touched someone inappropriately” or been involved in sexual harassment.
He also urged New Yorkers to suspend the trial pending the results of the twin investigations.