De Blasio: Cuomo’s Response To Allegations ‘Belittled What Had Happened’

Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s response to sexual assault allegations, saying that Cuomo “belittled what had happened.”

“I’ve been very clear about it,” de Blasio said of Cuomo’s statement at a Tuesday press conference. “Sexual harassment is not a laughing matter, it’s serious. That was a non-apology and it belittled what had happened. I found it unacceptable,” de Blasio said of Cuomo’s statement addressing the allegations.

Three women have accused Cuomo of sexual misconduct: Charlotte Bennett, Lindsey Boylan, and Anna Ruch. The governor’s office has denied wrongdoing in Boylan’s and Bennett’s allegations and issued an apology, but has not yet addressed Ruch’s story.

“I was brought up with a reverence and respect for women, very very strong women in our family,” de Blasio said, describing how he was raised by a single mother.

“The notion of a man taking advantage of his power in his office to intimidate a woman in his employment or to try and somehow to insinuate that she should somehow have sex with him, that is ... (Read more)

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