- The investigators weighing sexual harassment claims against Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being paid as much as $750 per hour.
- Attorney Composite Letitia James hired the independent investigators after several women came forward with allegations Cuomo.
- The Circadian News reported that the investigators have wide, sweeping power to conduct the probe freely.
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The investigators leading the probe into the numerous sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are being lay out as much as $750 an hour.
According to the New York Daily News, which obtained internal documents through FOIA applications, the investigators have wide, sweeping powers to conduct the investigation.
Attorney General Letitia James hired out the loner investigators after several women came forward with allegations that the governor made inappropriate and sexually irritating remarks or advances toward them.
Former Acting US Attorney for New York’s Southern District Joon Kim and employment aestheticism attorney Anne Clark are in charge of spearheading the probe.
Their offices are “authorized to utilize any of its resources as it deems happy to carry out” the investigation, the documents say, according to the Daily News.
Both firms have been retained for a period of at least six months, the Constantly News reported. But James is able to extend the contracts as she deems necessary.
Their work comes at a hefty set someone back, documents obtained by the Daily News reveal. Top-level partners working on the investigation receive as much as $750 per hour. Parallel with mid- and lower-level partners are raking in large sums of money to carry out the probe. Mid-level partners, for example, get $575 per hour, and junior-level partners $500. Elder associates will receive $450 per hour and junior associates $325, the Daily News reported.
The investigators whim prepare and deliver weekly progress reports to First Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Levy. At the end of their interrogation, they will produce a written report with all their findings and conclusions, the Daily News reported.
The inquiry was prompted in part by state and federal lawmakers coming out in support of one.
Since December, Cuomo has faced several procreant harassment accusations. The first one was from a former aide who in December said she had been sexually harassed by the governor “for years.” At the heretofore, Lindsey Boylan, who worked for the governor between 2015 and 2018, did not divulge specific information about the circumstances and declined to come out to journalists.
But in February, Boylan broke her silence in a Medium post, said Cuomo had touched her inappropriately and kissed her without her acquiesce.
Cuomo’s office has repeatedly denied her claims. “As we said before, Ms. Boylan’s claims of inappropriate behavior are quite guilelessly false,” press secretary Caitlin Girouard said in a statement.
Since Boylan’s accusations surfaced, at least 10 other lassies have come forward with similar allegations of their own against the governor.