Boylan: Heastie probe a ‘sham’
The woman whose allegations first sparked Gov. Cuomo’s burgeoning sexual-harassment scandal called the impeachment investigation against him a “sham” Wednesday — and vowed not to cooperate.
In two tweets, former Cuomo aide Lindsey Boylan repeatedly attacked Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), who last week authorized an impeachment investigation by the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.
“Do not trust @CarlHeastie. His impeachment investigation is not designed to be transparent or to move fast, and there’s nothing @NYGovCuomo wants more than time,” she wrote. “Many of us have not put our whole lives on the line for this crap. I certainly have not and will not.”
Boylan, now a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president, also said that she — and unspecified other women — would not cooperate with the Judiciary Committee.
“What would be the point of survivors talking to investigators of your sham investigation @CarlHeastie?” she wrote.
“I am in conversation with other women who have no interest in your corrupt, cynical ‘investigation.’ Hard pass.”
Boylan’s lawyer, Jill Basinger, later told The Post in an e-mail that Boylan was “fully cooperating” with state AG Letitia James’ probe and “was interviewed last weekend by investigators assigned by the Attorney General’s office.”
“It is clear from the interview that the investigators are moving expeditiously and taking their work seriously,” Basinger said.
“We are pleased with the scope of the investigation and the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of their questioning.”
Heastie’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Boylan, 36, alleges that Cuomo, 63, subjected her to harassment that included kissing her “on the lips” as she left a meeting in his office in 2018.