A former aide who has accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment said the Democrat reportedly refused a female hire for not being “pretty enough.”

Karen Hinton, who once worked as part of Cuomo’s press team when he led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said Cuomo turned down a former congressional staffer who “had a very good understanding of Capitol Hill politics and policy.”

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