{"id":56627,"date":"2021-03-19T11:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56627"},"modified":"2021-03-19T11:01:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T15:01:40","slug":"governor-cuomo-actually-said-he-would-mount-a-former-aide-if-he-were-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56627","title":{"rendered":"Governor Cuomo actually said he would \u2018mount\u2019 a former aide if he were a dog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Cuomo joked he would \u2018mount\u2019 former aide Lindsey Boylan if he were a dog: report<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Kenneth Garger<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"348\" width=\"618\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4137224153001\/6aIMRO3kiI_default\/index.html?videoId=6241916542001\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first woman to publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/24\/ex-aide-details-sexual-harassment-allegations-against-cuomo\/\">accuse<\/a>\u00a0Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment claimed he once boorishly joked that he would \u201cmount\u201d her if he were a dog, a new report said.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Boylan, a former aide to the governor, revealed Cuomo\u2019s creepy remark in a lengthy interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/cuomos-first-accuser-raises-new-claims-of-harassment-and-retaliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the New Yorker<\/a>\u2018s Ronan Farrow, telling him that Cuomo made the gross joke in 2018 after a meeting at the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Boylan, 36, who is one of seven women to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/06\/two-more-women-accuse-gov-andrew-cuomo-of-inappropriate-behavior\/\">lodge accusations<\/a>\u00a0of sexual misconduct against the governor, said he made the comment after Cuomo\u2019s dog \u2014 a German shepherd mix named Captain \u2014 jumped up and down near her.<\/p>\n<p>She said she tried to calm the dog, then backed off.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Boylan said, Cuomo joked he would try to \u201cmount\u201d her as well if he were a dog.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17603617\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><a class=\"modal-trigger\">Enlarge Image<\/a><a class=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-17603617 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"Lindsey Boylan, Governor Cuomo's former aide who came out last month accusing him of sexual harassment, revealed on Thursday he made insensitive joke about mounting her.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/accuser-claims-would-mount-her-if-a-dog-index.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindsey Boylan, Gov. Cuomo\u2019s former aide who came out last month accusing him of sexual harassment, revealed on Thursday he made a joke about mounting her.<span class=\"credit\">Rob Latour\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember being grossed out but also, like, what a dumb third-grade thing to say,\u201d Boylan told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just shrugged it off,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the governor did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Boylan first accused Cuomo of sexual harassment in a series of December tweets, and then detailed the governor\u2019s alleged behavior in a detailed post on the website Medium.<\/p>\n<p>She alleged Cuomo kissed her \u201con the lips\u201d without warning inside his Manhattan office in 2018 \u2014 and also claimed the governor asked her to play strip poker a year earlier while on a private plane.<\/p>\n<p>In the New Yorker interview, Boylan said her former boss in the administration, Howard Zemsky, once told her that Cuomo had a \u201ccrush\u201d on her.Cuomo has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/14\/gov-cuomo-denies-sexual-harassment-allegations-its-just-true\/\">denied the accusations<\/a>\u00a0and said he never touched anyone inappropriately.<\/p>\n<p>She also recalled an extremely toxic workplace under the governor, where aides were reduced to tears and his political opponents were the target of childish games.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled an occasion when Cuomo allegedly made fun of a female aide\u2019s haircut, leaving her in tears.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also once made fun of a former male staffer\u2019s weight, Boylan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was toxic, and particularly for women,\u201d she said in the interview of her time at the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Boylan also said Cuomo, a longtime political enemy of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, had a dartboard bearing the mayor\u2019s face on the grounds of the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe how brazen that was,\u201d she told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/19\/cuomo-joked-of-mounting-former-aide-lindsey-boylan-report\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/19\/cuomo-joked-of-mounting-former-aide-lindsey-boylan-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuomo joked he would \u2018mount\u2019 former aide Lindsey Boylan if he were a dog: report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}