Alphonso David (born 1970) is an American attorney and LGBT civil rights leader. In August 2019, he became the president of the Human Rights Campaign. He is the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as president of the organization.
Andrew Mark Cuomo (born December 6, 1957) is an American politician, author, and lawyer serving since 2011 as the 56th governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the same position his father, Mario Cuomo, held for three terms.
HRC Launches Probe of Alphonso David's Work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo
joined in the response effort, as detailed in a report issued by New York State Attorney General Letitia James’s office last Tuesday.
The report concluded that Cuomo indeed engaged in sexual harassment and that the response to it constituted unlawful retaliation against one accuser, Lindsey Boylan.
Boylan is planning to sue Cuomo for retaliation, and others could be named in the suit, her attorney, Jill Basinger, told NPR.Melissa DeRosa, then secretary to Cuomo (she resigned over the weekend), contacted David seeking information on Boylan, a former state employee, after Boylan went public with her accusations in December, according to the report.
