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After a report in the New York Times found that Hochul’s top political consultant, Adam Sullivan, not only made questionable policy calls for the governor but also belittled women on the staff, Hochul parted ways with him .<\/p>\n
But a new report has found that Sullivan was fired from his previous job at a Washington, DC-based advocacy organization, “The Hub,” in 2017 for sexually harassing at least two women.<\/p>\n
“You know, I mean in the case of Adam Sullivan, sexual harassment under any circumstances is unacceptable,” Hochul told reporters Thursday, at an unrelated event.<\/p>\n
“There is no tolerance. This was an individual who came to me from the Democratic National Party, the DCCC, when I was running for Congress. He worked as a manager in my campaign and that’s how I met him in that environment. So to think I have to ask for a resume and then go through a whole new process for campaigns. That was not what I was doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the Times, Sullivan approached women who worked with him at “The Hub” to discuss their sex lives in inappropriate terms and asked them questions about theirs.<\/p>\n
The allegations were investigated, substantiated, and Sullivan was fired.<\/p>\n
Less than a year later, he was working for Hochul on his 2018 campaign for lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n
Hochul claims he knew nothing about his earlier dismissal.<\/p>\n
“Reading the news yesterday. My staff told me that they were contacted by the New York Times and so they advised me that there would be an article in a few hours,” Hochul said. “That’s when I found out about the allegations of sexual harassment and what the women are saying happened. And I believe the women. But also, in terms of the previous employment, I wasn’t even aware of it, I wasn’t even sure what “The Hub” was.<\/p>\n
.@GovKathyHochul<\/a> says he learned from staff yesterday about the previous sexual harassment charges against his former consultant Adam Sullivan shortly before. @nytimes<\/a> article Sullivan had been fired from Washington DC’s “the Hub” in 2017, which Hochul says he never heard about.<\/p>\n