Legislators and advocates skeptical about Cuomo’s sexual harassment plan (Politico)
Politico, February 1, 2018
Legislators and advocates skeptical about Cuomo’s sexual harassment plan
“That flaw was highlighted in the investigation into former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was accused of sexual harassment. Nobody suggested that JCOPE went light on Lopez, who was fined $330,000 and resigned. But numerous skeptics expressed concerns that the agency did not also penalize then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon SIlver, who had secretly used $103,800 of public money to settle with a Lopez accuser. ‘Without knowing what actually transpired during JCOPE’s deliberations and its investigation of the Lopez case, such an anti-majoritarian vote, had it taken place, could have blocked the extension of the investigation to other persons whose conduct merited further inquiry,’ Common Cause New York and the New York City Bar Association wrote in a joint testimony to the review commission.”
