John,

The calls for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign are increasing.

The majority of U.S. House Democrats from NY, including Carolyn Maloney,
Jerry Nadler, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mondaire Jones, and Jamaal Bowman,
are demanding Cuomo resign.

They join the majority of New York state legislators, 121 members of the
state Assembly and Senate, who have also said publicly that Cuomo should
no longer serve. And as of last night, both of New York’s U.S. Senators,
Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have joined the call too.

All of them join thousands of DFA members already demanding
accountability.

But Cuomo says he won't resign. In fact, he's using Republican talking
points about "cancel culture" and doubling down by berating any
"politician who takes a position without knowing any facts or substance"
as "reckless and dangerous" as his defense.

[ [link removed] ]That's why we can't stop. We have to keep building the public support
for accountability. Please join us and demand Andrew Cuomo resign
immediately.

Add your name: [link removed]

Thank you for taking action today.

- Yvette

P.S. If you want more information on why we're taking this action before
you sign on, please check out my email from last week below:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Andrew Cuomo must resign, John.

"Let’s play strip poker."

That's what Lindsey Boylan says Governor Andrew Cuomo said to her in
October 2017 while flying home from an official event with a press aide
and a state trooper standing nearby. Months later when Lindsey got up to
leave the room at the end of a one-on-one meeting at his New York office
on 3rd Avenue, she says he stepped in front of her and kissed her on the
lips.

“He asked me if I believed if age made a difference in relationships and
he also asked me in the same conversation if I had ever been with an
older man.”

That’s just one of the many inappropriate conversations 25-year-old health
policy advisor and executive assistant Charlotte Bennett detailed she had
with the 61-year-old Governor to the New York Times.

“I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me, and felt
horribly uncomfortable and scared,” Ms. Bennett said. “And was wondering
how I was going to get out of it and assumed it was the end of my job.”

I believe both women.

[ [link removed] ]Governor Andrew Cuomo abused the position of power granted to him by
the people of New York in an attempt to coerce women to have sex with him.
Join me in calling on him to resign.

Add your name: [link removed]

Let’s be clear, this is the definition of sexual harassment.

And it is very likely these two women are not alone in their experiences.
After Ms. Boylan released her public statement describing what happened to
her, she says two other women reached out to share their own.

One woman described living in constant fear, scared of what would happen
to her if she rejected the Governor’s advances. The other woman said she
was instructed by the Governor to warn staff members who upset him that
their jobs could be at risk.

It seems highly likely more women will come forward in the days, weeks,
and months ahead, expressing their own inappropriate experiences with the
Governor, but that should not be needed for us to know what the Governor
should do right now.

He has apologized, sort of, admitting to most of the allegations, but
claiming Lindsey and Charlotte misunderstood him. Do you think they
misunderstood him?

As a governor and a leader in the Democratic Party, we must demand better.
Governor Cuomo has said he will not resign. He’s leaving it to us to
create the public groundswell of accountability needed to force him to
resign instead.

For the benefit of women everywhere, we will answer that call.

Add Your Name: [link removed]

I am a survivor of sexual assault. I know the lasting damage and pain
caused by men who use their power to manipulate and control women.

I know that without accountability, it will happen again. It probably
already has.

For Governor Andrew Cuomo, accountability means he must resign. That’s the
only way we can be sure he never abuses that power, and the women who
serve with him, again.

Thank you for speaking up and taking action,

- Yvette

Yvette Simpson, CEO
Democracy for America




You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]