Assemblyman Steven T. McLaughlin was disciplined for sexual harassment after
an ethics committee determined he had asked an Assembly aide for nude photos.
Assemblyman Vito Lopez's office just sent out the following statement from the embattled Brooklyn lawmaker, who was censured and stripped of his staff and seniority last week after a bipartisan
ethics committee determined he had sexually harassed two female staffers:
Calls are mounting for Assemblyman / Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Vito Lopez to resign following his censure last week by Speaker Sheldon Silver after a bipartisan
ethics committee determined he had sexually harassed two young female staffers.
Not exact matches
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D - Sunnyside) will face a trial before the House
Ethics Committee to
determine whether he violated
ethics rules following a House panel's recent investigation.
The Professional Standards Administrator will refer the
ethics complaint and / or arbitration request to the Grievance
Committee for preliminary review to
determine whether an
ethics hearing and / or an arbitration hearing should be held or, conversely, whether the
ethics complaint should be dismissed as insufficient on its face or the arbitration request is inappropriately filed.
In the event the members of the Citation Panel
determine the conduct described in the complaint is sufficiently egregious to warrant a hearing rather than a citation, the complaint shall be referred to the Professional Standards
Committee for hearing consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Code of
Ethics and Arbitration Manual for
ethics hearings.
Grievance
Committee Receives
ethics complaints and arbitration requests and
determines whether or not hearings are warranted.
If an
ethics compliant is
determined to fall under the Code of
Ethics or an arbitration request is judged to be an arbitrable matter under the Code, it is then referred to the Professional Standards
Committee for a hearing.