From: Colin Brennan @exec.ny.

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Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 5:52 PM
To: TU LeUers
Cc: Jochnowitz, Jay
Subject: LTE re: DCJS Coverage

The below leUer to the editor should be aUributed to Dani Lever. Thank you.

To the editor:

Recent coverage of workplace harassment and wrongful terminaWon allegaWons at the State Division
of Criminal JusWce Services by the Times Union either misrepresented the facts, or blatantly ignored
them. With something as important as the safety and wellbeing of vicWms who feel they have been
harassed, the facts maUer, and it is why every allegaWon must be thoroughly and rigorously
invesWgated.

Last week, the four individuals named in a related wrongful terminaWon suit all filed moWons to
dismiss ciWng what they say are blatant falsehoods and legal inaccuracies contained in the suit. All of
this documentaWon is readily available. Rather than even menWon this development, the Times Union
decided to instead run a story days later alleging the Governor’s Counsel, who is not a party to this
case, delayed taking acWon. To be clear, this is also an outright falsehood.

The ExecuWve Chamber actually took acWon and referred the allegaWons to the agency tasked with
invesWgaWng these cases immediately – not months -­‐-­‐ aqer they came to our aUenWon. Furthermore,
this is a maUer that the Governor takes so seriously that we fought to include groundbreaking new
reforms in this year’s budget to ensure employees are safe and protected.

We are in the season where poliWcal opponents look to seize and distort anything they can in order to
score cheap points. We just hope that moving forward, the Times Union sWcks to reporWng on these
maUers, rather than parWcipaWng in it themselves.

Dani Lever
Press Secretary
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

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