26 October 2021: Hochul Targets Toxic Work Environment Cuomo Left Behind in NY State Government

Hochul announces new anti-harassment guidelines

Replacement NY Governor Kathy Hochul has taken a larger step to address the toxic work environment Andrew M. Cuomo promoted throughout New York's state government.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is implementing new guidelines designed to curtail workplace discrimination and harassment in state government, including within the Executive Chamber.

The changes, laid out in a news release Monday, include hiring an independent firm to investigate complaints and the creation of a new human resources department....

The move comes after a year of sexual harassment scandals targeting the Executive Chamber. In August, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo resigned following the attorney general’s report that concluded he committed acts of sexual misconduct, including workplace harassment, against 11 women.

If only Hochul showed the same level of dedication to rooting out Cuomo's COVID nursing home deaths scandals.

In another note, the report errs in indicating the move came "after a year of sexual harassment scandals targing the Executive Chamber". In reality, the first sexual harassment allegations involving misconduct by Andrew M. Cuomo and members of his administration were made on 14 December 2020 via Lindsey Boylan's Twitter post, which she detailed on 24 February 2021, which marks the timeline's first coverage of the story. It's a minor point, but we're not yet at the one year anniversary of that event.