Cuomo campaign aide who worked for companies tied to Chinese Communist Party quits after Post queries

A mayoral campaign aide to Andrew Cuomo resigned after The Post questioned the years he spent working for companies tied to the Chinese Communist Party and his meteoric rise through the Democratic Party, which alarmed local politicos and national security experts alike.Dr.Lining “Larry” He stepped down from his role as Cuomo’s Asian outreach director Friday, a week after The Post reached out to him and the Cuomo campaign about his extensive business ties to his native China.He had served as an executive for a powerful state-owned conglomerate that has CCP cells embedded in its corporate hierarchy, records and news reports obtained by The Post showed. These links, along with his association with a NYC political operative with known Beijing ties, worried experts who study the CCP’s international influence efforts, which China calls the “United Front.”“His position as an Asian community liaison fits with a tactical pattern that such actors are using to gain political legitimacy and influence,” said Dr.

Audrye Wong, a fellow with the American Enterprise Institute and United Front expert.He’s links to Beijing include:The Post found He, 48, did not disclose any of these business relationships on mandatory filings he made as chief-of-staff to Assemblyman William Colton (D-Brooklyn), a job he started in late 2023 while living in upstate New York. The Cuomo campaign did not answer what sort of vetting process He underwent for the liaison job, and admitted He failed to properly disclose his business dealings to the Assembly, sending images of what it said were corrected filings in response to The Post’s questions.“Larry is a district leader and a known quantity in the community who does his job well,” said Cuomo spokeswoman Esther Jenson, who said any links to the CCP amounted to “guilt by association.”He vehemently denied to The Post any involvement with the United Front or the CCP.“I’ve never been an asset beholden to the Chinese governme...