Editing Melissa DeRosa (section)

===Post-public office===
DeRosa opened a consulting business providing services including crisis communications, executive operations, and government affairs strategy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/politics/melissa-derosa-whats-left-unsaid-me-too|title=Her Boss Got #MeToo'd. She's Still Standing by Him. |date=January 17, 2024|last=Vilensky|first=Mike|publisher=bustle.com}}</ref> She is a contributor to the [[The Daily Beast|Daily Beast]] and provides political commentary and analysis, appearing on [[Fox News]], [[CNBC]], and [[NewsNation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/melissa-derosa/|title=Contributor Melissa DeRosa|date=|last=|first=|publisher=thedailybeast.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/melissa-derosa-democrats-face-painful-question-trump-right|title=MELISSA DEROSA: Democrats face a painful question: What went wrong
|date=November 11, 2024|last=DeRosa|first=Melissa|publisher=foxnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/01/23/2024-election-and-the-economy-how-does-inflation-impact-the-presidential-election.html|title=2024 election and the economy: How does inflation impact the presidential election?|date=January 23, 2024|last=|first=|publisher=cnbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogg7iFiTyFQ|title=Top aide to Fmr. Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks decision to halt congestion pricing in NYC|date=January 23, 2024|last=|first=|publisher=CNBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbTcHTyfrAg|title=Melissa DeRosa on NewsNation Live 9 16 2024|date=September 16, 2024|last=|first=|publisher=Guarsico Group}}</ref> In 2025, she was an advisor to Cuomo's campaign for Mayor, and she serves as a member of [[Cornell University]]'s Communications Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2025/11/11/adviser-melissa-derosa-discusses-cuomo-s-campaign|title=Adviser Melissa DeRosa discusses Cuomo's campaign|date=10 November 2025|last=|first=|publisher=ny1.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://cals.cornell.edu/communication/about-us/people/advisory-board|title=Advisory Board|date=|last=|first=|publisher=cals.cornell.edu}}</ref>

In October 2023, DeRosa wrote a memoir.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Coltin |first1=Jeff |title='This is not a burn book': Cuomo aide's new book takes on foes |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/24/andrew-cuomo-aide-book-00123220 |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=[[Politico]] |date=24 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Chris |title=Melissa DeRosa Isn't Done Defending Andrew Cuomo |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/melissa-derosa-andrew-cuomo-book |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=18 October 2023}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' described the book as "An angry, raw, and briskly told memoir."<ref>{{cite news |title=WHAT'S LEFT UNSAID |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/melissa-derosa/whats-left-unsaid/ |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=November 1, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> A review by Lloyd Green in ''[[The Guardian]]'' states, "DeRosa's memoir is pocked with scenes of a marriage gone south, of trying to cope with Covid-19 and of general governmental strife. She punches hard. Her anger is white hot. Her book is deliberate and focused."<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Lloyd |title=What's Left Unsaid review: Andrew Cuomo and the case for his defense |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/04/whats-left-unsaid-book-review-andrew-cuomo |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 November 2023}}</ref> According to a ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' review, "DeRosa defends the former governor at every turn, suggesting that New York’s higher nursing home death rate was due to a complex quirk of accounting (and that the federal investigation was spurred by President Donald Trump’s jealousy over Cuomo’s spotlight-stealing leadership during the pandemic). Elsewhere, she posits that the sexual harassment allegations were overblown, driven by a vindictive former staffer who recruited other women to join her suit."<ref>{{cite news |title=What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics & Crisis by Melissa DeRosa |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781454952336 |access-date=5 December 2023 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=October 24, 2023}}</ref> [[Rebecca Traister]] reviewed the book for [[New York magazine]]: "It is ostensibly an attempt to set the record straight, but it is really an exercise in rehabilitating her image as a glass-ceiling breaker while painting Cuomo in a heroic light. As a document, its relationship to truth is casual, and it’s filled with reconstructed dialogue that reads like a cut-rate version of her favorite show, The West Wing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traister |first1=Rebecca |title=With an eviscerating new book, Andrew Cuomo’s former lieutenant is settling scores and prepping a comeback. |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/melissa-derosa-book-andrew-cuomo.html |access-date=3 June 2026 |publisher=[[New York magazine]] |date=24 October 2023}}</ref>