HRC staff clashes over need for president to resign over Cuomo ties

Human Rights Campaign president Alphonso David and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at an HRC gala in February 2020. David served as Cuomo’s counsel from 2015 to 2019. (Photo: GARY GERSHOFF VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Staff at the nation’s largest LGBTQ rights organization are bitterly divided over whether their president, Alphonso David, should resign over his role in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to retaliate against women accusing him of sexual harassment…