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Governor Cuomo’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, resigns
https://nypost.com ^ | August 8, 2021 | 9:44pm | Updated | By Carl Campanile and Patrick Reilly

Posted on 08/09/2021 6:21:36 AM PDT by Red Badger

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s longtime secretary and confidante, Melissa DeRosa — depicted as the governor’s enabler and enforcer in covering up his sexual abuses in the state attorney general’s probe — resigned from her post Sunday evening.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve the people of New York for the past 10 years,” she said in a statement. “New Yorkers’ resilience, strength, and optimism through the most difficult times has inspired me everyday. Personally, the past 2 years have been emotionally and mentally trying. I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such talented and committed colleagues on behalf of our state.”

DeRosa was mentioned 187 times in the 168-page investigative report by Attorney General Letitia James into 11 sexual assault accusations against the three-term governor, which confirmed Cuomo has engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, hugging and making inappropriate comments,” James said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; brittanycommisso; letitiajames; melissaderosa; metoo; newyork; robertakaplan; timesup
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1 posted on 08/09/2021 6:21:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Be interesting to see who/what hires her...


2 posted on 08/09/2021 6:22:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Red Badger

The rats are jumping ship


3 posted on 08/09/2021 6:23:40 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

What took her so long?


4 posted on 08/09/2021 6:24:03 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Red Badger

How do you not use search?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3983371/posts


5 posted on 08/09/2021 6:25:20 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: tennmountainman

The walls are closing in.....................


6 posted on 08/09/2021 6:25:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Different source............................


7 posted on 08/09/2021 6:25:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Erik Latranyi

This is a different source and not behind a paywall.


8 posted on 08/09/2021 6:26:22 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Red Badger

She needs to be in witness protection—now!


9 posted on 08/09/2021 6:26:44 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Red Badger

He should be resigning for killing thousands of elderly citizens - not for being a sexual jerk.

None of these women are teenagers. Each of them could have said ‘cut it out’... and gone to HR. Why do we have laws on the books protecting women if what they really fear is NOT getting a promotion?


10 posted on 08/09/2021 6:27:34 AM PDT by GOPJ (Dump diseased illegals in Florida & Red States to discredit DeSantis (Biden's Border Plan))
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To: tennmountainman

Power is very seductive to most.


11 posted on 08/09/2021 6:29:56 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: mewzilla; tennmountainman; cgbg

Cuomo should be resigning for killing thousands of elderly citizens - not for being a sexual jerk.

None of these women are teenagers. Each of them could have said ‘cut it out’... and gone to HR OR the police... Why have laws on the books protecting women if what they really fear is NOT getting a promotion?


12 posted on 08/09/2021 6:31:06 AM PDT by GOPJ (Dump diseased illegals in Florida & Red States to discredit DeSantis (Biden's Border Plan))
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To: Red Badger

This woman is no innocent bystander. Cuomo is simply not bright enough to properly manage the corruption by himself. Nor would he been able to harass these women quietly and privately. He is a mean thug. This woman knew and participated directly and indirectly with whatever went down. Would love to see a thorough forensic evaluation of he finances and affairs. She probably supervised the laundering of the graft and bribery money for Cuomo and herself.


13 posted on 08/09/2021 6:36:03 AM PDT by allendale
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This woman knew and participated directly and indirectly with whatever went down.

So did his replacement Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul.

14 posted on 08/09/2021 6:38:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: GOPJ

i’m fine with him resigning for being a sexual jerk.
Guys need to grow up and learn to read a room. Not every woman wants that kind of attention.


15 posted on 08/09/2021 6:38:56 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: GOPJ

In a private corporation it is much easier for women to go to HR or the police.

Governors (remember Bill Clinton of Arkansas?) have the state police to assist with intimidation (or worse).

Combine that with Cuomo’s connections to organized crime (well known to folks in Albany) and it would be dangerous (stupid actually) for an individual woman to blow the whistle on him.


16 posted on 08/09/2021 6:38:57 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Dutch Boy
Power is very seductive to most
TRUTH!
While I agree that Cuomo should pay for his transgressions, I'm nauseated at the false righteousness of the press. They are "shocked" that this occurred. Everyone has seen the attraction and seduction of power. If truth be told each has participated in this "dance".
17 posted on 08/09/2021 6:39:01 AM PDT by TxAg1981
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To: ronniesgal

Cuomo is a sociopath.

They don’t read rooms—they treat them as their personal property.


18 posted on 08/09/2021 6:39:55 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: GOPJ

I agree 1000%.


19 posted on 08/09/2021 6:46:51 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: GOPJ

In a sane world, absolutely. But then the governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan . . . all RATs . . . would be joining him.


20 posted on 08/09/2021 6:48:56 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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