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Showing Original Post only (View all)"It's The Cuomo Way": Former Staffers Describe Toxic Workplace Under Governor's Relentless Thumb [View all]
Source: Gothamist
Sarah, a blonde woman in her twenties, won a fellowship to work in Governor Andrew Cuomos office in 2013. She was surprised when she was quickly invited by senior staffers to sit at a desk positioned right near the governor in his line of sight, as she described it.
At first, she didnt understand why. Another woman in the office offered her some insight, telling her Cuomo likes blondes, particularly those in stiletto heels.
You gotta wear heels when hes in Albany sweetie, thats the rule, she said the woman told her. So, although Sarah was more accustomed to flats or boots, she soon amassed a small collection of stilettos not because it was a written rule, but because it seemed necessary to succeed.
Nearly a dozen current and former staffers of Cuomos office who spoke to Gothamist/WNYC this week said Cuomo has cultivated an intense work culture that was brutal for some, traumatic for others. We are withholding all of their names, including Sarah's, because they fear professional or personal retaliation from the governor and his senior staff. Many still reside in New York where Cuomos reach extends far and wide.
At first, she didnt understand why. Another woman in the office offered her some insight, telling her Cuomo likes blondes, particularly those in stiletto heels.
You gotta wear heels when hes in Albany sweetie, thats the rule, she said the woman told her. So, although Sarah was more accustomed to flats or boots, she soon amassed a small collection of stilettos not because it was a written rule, but because it seemed necessary to succeed.
Nearly a dozen current and former staffers of Cuomos office who spoke to Gothamist/WNYC this week said Cuomo has cultivated an intense work culture that was brutal for some, traumatic for others. We are withholding all of their names, including Sarah's, because they fear professional or personal retaliation from the governor and his senior staff. Many still reside in New York where Cuomos reach extends far and wide.
Read more: https://gothamist.com/news/its-the-cuomo-way-former-staffers-describe-toxic-workplace-under-governors-relentless-thumb
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"It's The Cuomo Way": Former Staffers Describe Toxic Workplace Under Governor's Relentless Thumb [View all]
brooklynite
Mar 2021
OP
yeah really - there's seems to be real resistance to waiting for an investigation
MisterNiceKitty
Mar 2021
#24
David Axelrod: Cuomo will hold on for his term but is done as a candidate in 2022
brooklynite
Mar 2021
#29
Done as in won't run or won't win the primary or won't win the general election? n/r
PoliticAverse
Mar 2021
#32
The GOP suddenly took an interest in NY state politics when Trump was installed in 2016.
Dawson Leery
Mar 2021
#14
I remember when some people were suprised when people who hated Trump worked for him ...
PoliticAverse
Mar 2021
#9
It's hard for me to understand people like that. Who will put up with anything in order to keep
chia
Mar 2021
#28
Yeah. That doesn't sound like a Cuomo problem so much as an unnamed co-worker problem.
Midnight Writer
Mar 2021
#17
At this point, fairly or unfairly, I think his political career is over
TexasBushwhacker
Mar 2021
#18