CLARK. AS SET FORTH. OUR
REPORT, WE FIND.
>> BUT THE CULTURE WITHIN THE
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
CONTRIBUTED. TO THE CONDITIONS
THAT ALLOWED THE GOVERNOR
SEXUALLY HARASSING CONDUCT TO
OCCUR AND TO PERSIST. THE
CULTURE ALSO INFORM THE WAY IN
WHICH THE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
RESPONDED ALLEGATIONS OF
HARASSMENT CLARK AS DESCRIBED
2 VIOLATIONS OF THEIR OWN
POLICIES AND TO UNLAWFUL
RETALIATION. WHAT WAS THE
CULTURE? WORDS THAT WITNESSES.
HAVE USED REPEATEDLY TO
DESCRIBE IT INCLUDE TOXIC.
ABUSIVE. OTHERS USE WORDS LIKE
FEAR. INTIMIDATION.
VINDICTIVE. AS ONE SENIOR
STAFFER STATED BLUNTLY. AS A
HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS BECAME
PUBLIC IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR
IN TEXT EXCHANGES. WITH OTHERS
WITH ANOTHER IN THE EXECUTIVE
TO IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
HOPEFULLY. WHEN THIS IS ALL
DONE. PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THE
CULTURE. EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE
HARASSMENT STUFF. IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU CAN GET AWAY
WITH. YOU CAN’T BERATE AND
TERRIFY PEOPLE. 24 7. IT WAS A
CULTURE. WHERE YOU COULD NOT
SAY NO TO THE GOVERNOR. AND IF
YOU UPSET HIM. OR HIS HIM OR
HIS SENIOR STAFF. YOU’LL BE
WRITTEN OFF. CAST ASIDE. OR
WORSE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE WITNESSES DESCRIBED A
CULTURE THAT NORMALIZED AND
OVERLOOKED EVERYDAY
FLIRTATIONS. PHYSICAL AN
INTIMACY AND INAPPROPRIATE
COMMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR. ONE
SENIOR STAFFER TESTIFIED AT A
WORK EVENT. SHE SAT ON THE
GOVERNOR’S LOT. ANOTHER
STAFFER SAID SHE RECALLED.
KISSING THE GOVERNOR ON THE
LIPS. THE GOVERNOR TESTIFIED.
THOSE THINGS MAY HAVE HAPPENED
WITH SENIOR STAFFERS. ONE
COMPLAINANT DESCRIBED HER
INTERACTIONS WITH THE
GOVERNOR. BY SAYING THEY WERE
QUOTE, STRANGE. AND I’M
COMFORTABLE. BUT IT WAS LIKE
THE TWILIGHT ZONE. THE TYPICAL
RULES DO NOT APPLY. YOU SHOULD
JUST A FEW IT AS A COMPLIMENT.
IF THE GOVERNOR FINDS YOU AS
THAT PLEASING ENOUGH. THE
COLLEGE DISTANCE IN THE
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. EXACTLY. A
TEAM’S CULTURE OF FEAR. AND
FOR THAT HAITIAN. INTIMIDATION
AND INTIMACY. ABUSE AND
AFFECTION. CREATED A WORK
ENVIRONMENT RIGHT. FOR
HARASSMENT. AS ANOTHER
COMPLAINANT TESTIFIED AND I
QUOTE. WHAT MAKES IT SO HARD
TO DESCRIBE EVERY SINGLE
INAPPROPRIATE INCIDENT IS THE
CULTURE OF THE PLACE. ON THE
ONE HAND HE MAKES ALL THIS
INAPPROPRIATE AND CREEPY
BEHAVIOR NORMAL AND LIKE YOU
SHOULD NOT COMPLAIN. ON THE
OTHER HAND, YOU SEE PEOPLE
GETTING PUNISHED. AND SCREAMED
THAT IF YOU DO ANYTHING WHERE
YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM. OR HIS
TOP AIDES. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GO TO WORK. AND BE
WANTED TO GO TO WORK. AND BE
RECOGNIZED. AND NOTHING ELSE.
CHARLOTTE BENNETT. THE
COMPLAINANT. THIS CLOCK
MENTIONED. WHO WAS TRANSFERRED
AFTER SHE REPORTED
INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS BY THE
GOVERNOR. 2 SENIOR STAFF.
SUMMARIZE HER EXPERIENCE IN A
TEXT MESSAGE AS FOLLOWS. THE
VERBAL ABUSE. INTIMIDATION.
AND LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR.
WE’RE ALL HORRIBLY TOXIC.
DEHUMANIZING. AND
TRAUMATIZING. AND THEN HE CAME
ON TO ME. I WAS SCARED TO
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I
REJECTED HIM. SO I DISAPPEARED
INSTEAD. MY TIME IN PUBLIC
SERVICE ENDED. BECAUSE HE WAS
BORED. AND LONELY. IT STILL
BREAKS MY HEART. MS BENNETT
WROTE. THE CULTURE. THIS
CULTURE MADE IT ALL THE MORE
DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR COMPLAINANTS TO REPORT.
THE HARASSMENT. FROM WHICH
THEY WERE SUFFERING.
PARTICULARLY WHEN THE
HARASSER. GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK. BUT ONE BY