Roberta Kaplan cited her work counselling the administration last winter and her more recent legal work representing Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who resigned Sunday
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“I therefore have reluctantly come to the conclusion that an active law practice is no longer compatible with serving on the Board at Time’s Up at this time and I hereby resign,” Kaplan wrote in her resignation letter, according to The New York Times.Messages went sent to Kaplan requesting comment on her resignation.
“Over the past several days, HRC’s employees, supporters, board members and partners have raised questions about the appropriateness of Alphonso David’s actions and whether they align with HRC’s decades’ long mission of fighting for equality and justice for all.” A report by New York’s attorney-general, released last week, said Kaplan told the administration that with some adjustments, it would be fine to send out. David declined to sign the letter, but agreed to contact other people to see if they would.Other advisers, though, said that it was a bad idea and the letter was never widely disseminated.
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