'UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY' with using npx graphql-cli init

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Describe the bug
I am unable to create a new project using npx graphql-cli init
What is your recommendation to fix this. Note: I have my npm config registry to artifactory, I am behind my company firewall. I am generally able npm install except for this particular package, see error below. Any help would be appreciated.

To Reproduce

npm i -g graphql-cli 
npx graphql-cli init 
   //  project name entered:  first-graphql-cli
   //  selected new template
   //  select apollo-mongo-server-ts
error thrown:
? Choose a template to bootstrap apollo-mongo-server-ts

Bootstraping graphql server 💫 ✨
/ Downloading starter from https://api.github.com/repos/aerogear/graphback/tarball/templates-1.0.0internal/streams/legacy.js:61
      throw er; // Unhandled stream error in pipe.
      ^

Error: unable to get local issuer certificate
    at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (_tls_wrap.js:1497:34)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at TLSSocket._finishInit (_tls_wrap.js:932:8)
    at TLSWrap.ssl.onhandshakedone (_tls_wrap.js:706:12) {
  code: 'UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY'

Expected behavior
A new project is created with the a name first-graphql-cli with a full project template

Screenshots
see error message above

Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• graphql-cli: 4.1.0
• other packages if applicable: none

Additional context
My npm config registry is set to artifactory