ALBANY – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras has submitted his resignation as the 14th Chancellor of the SUNY system after documents recently released by State Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James contained emails from Malatras to Cuomo’s senior staffers in which he used slang to describe Cuomo accuser Lyndsey Boylan of being “crazy” and used other emails to denigrate Boylan.
Malatras, an Ellenville native, will leave his $450,000-a-year post on January 14, 2022. He was named to the position in August of 2020. James said transcripts and other evidence related to the Cuomo investigation are forthcoming.
In addition to the emails attempting to discredit Boylan to Cuomo staffers, he engaged in a clash with the victim on Twitter.
State Assemblyman Kieran Lalor (R, Fishkill) called for Malatras to step down as soon as the new documents were released. “How does SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras, who makes $500,000 in taxpayer and tuition payer dollars per year still have a job? He emailed staffers regarding one of Cuomo’s accusers, ‘Malatras to Boylan: go f*ck yourself’ and he also advised Cuomo on the nursing home death toll cover-up,” Lalor posted last week on social media.
Malatras, who worked for former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, climbed the political ladder becoming one of former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top policy advisers when Cuomo was state attorney general and served as an advisor to Cuomo during the sexual harassment investigation. He went on to serve short terms as president of the Rockefeller Institute and Empire College before being named to the head of the SUNY system.
