纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）周二呼吁对康奈尔大学的校园文化及其对一名身份不明的女前学生的回应进行外部调查，该女学生称她在2024年在一个兄弟会被几名男子强奸。
州长说，她正在寻求确定“康奈尔大学是否履行了保护学生和追求正义的每一项义务。”
“本案中的指控简直令人发指。对于任何一个经历过这样的经历的学生来说，站出来都需要非凡的勇气。
“我支持地区检察官重启刑事调查的决定。但是，康奈尔大学的校园文化及其预防、报告和应对系统也存在严重问题，”Hochul的声明继续说道。“这就是为什么我呼吁外部法律顾问对大学的反应进行透明、独立的审查，以确定康奈尔大学是否履行了保护学生和追求正义的每一项义务。”
声明还称，“不应该让任何一个学生怀疑那些旨在保护他们的机构是否会倾听并采取行动。”
康奈尔大学赞同霍楚尔州长对解决校园文化问题的承诺，校园文化问题影响着全国和纽约的大学。康奈尔大学的一名发言人在提供给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说：“我们致力于继续与州官员合作，促进学生的安全和福祉。”。
纽约中部的检察官本周宣布，他们将重新开始对涉嫌性侵犯的调查。此前，一名前康奈尔大学学生提起民事诉讼，指控她被康奈尔大学Chi Phi兄弟会的七名前任和现任成员下药、殴打和轮奸，引发了人们对这一事件的愤怒。
汤普金斯县地方检察官马修·范·豪登（Matthew Van Houten）在一份声明中说，他的办公室正在考虑是否对这起事件提出刑事指控，尽管他说民事诉状中的指控与该女子两年前向警方所做的陈述“截然不同”。
在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时，范豪登承认他依赖康奈尔警方进行的调查，并表示他的办公室没有“独立调查”这些指控。
伊萨卡市长罗伯特·坎特莫萨周一表示，他将发布一项指示，要求该市停止为康奈尔大学的学生活动发放许可证，“直到该大学对其预防和起诉性暴力犯罪的协议进行清点，并公开发布新的标准和做法，以确保我们的社区安全。”
“尽管这些罪行很严重，康奈尔大学的管理人员和警方未能与伊萨卡警察局联系或协调任何反应。此外，该大学未能追究肇事者的责任，”坎特尔莫的声明说。“这是误判，并继续对学生和居民构成重大威胁，他们可能成为不安全和监控不足的校内或校外学生活动的受害者。”
伊萨卡的共同议会必须通过决议才能生效。
伊萨卡警察局周一在一份声明中说，他们当时没有接到这起事件的报告，他们“最近通过媒体了解到这些指控”
“我们知道康奈尔大学和汤姆金斯县地方检察官办公室正在非常认真地对待这些指控，”声明进一步说。“我们鼓励我们社区的成员向伊萨卡警察局举报指控。”
New York Gov． Hochul calls for ＇transparent， independent review＇ of Cornell response to alleged group rape
New York Gov． Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an outside investigation into Cornell University’s campus culture and its response toallegationsby an unidentified female former student that she was raped by several men at a fraternity there in 2024．
The governor said in part that she is seeking to determine whether “Cornell met every obligation to protect its students and pursue justice．”
“The allegations in this case are nothing short of horrifying． For any student to come forward after an experience like this takes extraordinary courage，＂ Hochul said in herstatement．
“I support the district attorney’s decision to reopen the criminal investigation． But there are also serious questions about Cornell’s campus culture and its systems for prevention， reporting， and response，＂ Hochul＇s statement continued． ＂That is why I am calling for outside counsel to conduct a transparent， independent review of the university’s response to determine whether Cornell met every obligation to protect its students and pursue justice．＂
＂No student should ever be left wondering whether the institutions meant to protect them will listen and act，＂ the statement also said．
＂Cornell shares Governor Hochul’s commitment to addressing campus culture issues， which affect universities across the nation and New York． We are committed to continuing to work with state officials to advance student safety and wellbeing，” a Cornell spokesperson said in a statement provided to ABC News．
Prosecutors in central New York this week announced that they arereopening the investigationof the alleged sexual assault after a former Cornell student filed a civil lawsuit alleging that she was drugged， assaulted and gang raped by seven former and current members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell， sparking outrage about the incident．
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement that his office is considering whether to bring criminal charges related to the incident， though he said the allegations in the civil complaint are ＂dramatically different＂ than the woman’s statement to police two years ago．
In an interview with ABC News， Van Houten acknowledged that he relied on the investigation conducted by Cornell Police and said his office didn’t “independently investigate” the allegations．
Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmosaid on Mondaythat he would issue a directive for the city to stop issuing permits for student events at Cornell “until such time that the University conducts an accounting of its protocols to prevent and prosecute crimes of sexual violence and publicly releases new standards and practices to keep our community safe．”
“Despite the severity of these crimes， Cornell University administrators and police failed to contact or coordinate any response with the Ithaca Police Department． Furthermore， the University failed to hold the perpetrators to account，＂ Cantelmo＇s statement said． ＂This is a miscarriage of justice and continues to pose a significant threat to students and residents who may be victimized at unsafe and under-monitored on- or off-campus student events．＂
Ithaca’s Common Council would have to adopt the resolution for it to take effect．
The Ithaca Police Department said in astatementMonday that the alleged incident wasn＇t reported to them at the time and that they ＂learned of these allegations recently through the media．＂
＂We understand these allegations are being taken very seriously by Cornell University and the Tomkins County District Attorney＇s Office，＂ the statement further said． ＂We encourage members of our community to report allegations to the Ithaca Police Department．＂
