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In this April 25, 2016, photo, Alphonso David speaks during a swearing-in ceremony at the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. The board of directors of The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ-rights organization, fired David, its president, on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, because of developments related to the sexual harassment case that promoted Andrew Cuomo’s resignation as governor of New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) **FILE**

Human Rights Campaign fires president over his role in Cuomo scandal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 25, 2016 file photo, Alphonso David speaks during a swearing-in ceremony at the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. David, a civil rights lawyer who has been serving as chief counsel to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was named Tuesday, June 25, 2019, as the new president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT-rights organization in the U.S. David will be the first African American to lead the HRC since its founding in 1980. He will be its seventh president, succeeding Chad Griffin, who has held the post since 2012. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Cuomo’s legal counsel to head major LGBTQ-rights group

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press