Sentences with phrase «new sexual harassment policy»

The issues at the Division of Criminal Justice Services have been exposed as Cuomo is negotiating a state budget that will likely include new sexual harassment policies for government agencies.

Both Nixon and Molinaro are highlighting women's rights as an issue, and they criticize the governor's private budget meetings with three male legislative leaders, where the state's new sexual harassment policies also were decided.

By keeping state operations spending growth at 2 percent, the budget hole is closer to $ 1.8 billion.As expected, the governor tucked into the budget non-monetary initiatives, such as new sexual harassment policies, the codification of abortion rights in state law and methods for New York to participate in «early voting,» all of which he touted in his Jan. 3 State of the State address.

ALBANY — After months of promises to defy Washington and blaze a progressive trail, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Friday announced a deal on a new state budget that would grant New Yorkers some protection from the Republican - steered federal tax plan, pour an additional quarter of a billion dollars into public housing projects and enact a raft of new sexual harassment policies.

Just 35 percent of surveyed companies plan to implement a new a sexual harassment policy in 2018, while 37 percent will amend their current one.

Ussery was retained, but shortly thereafter the entire Mavericks workforce received revamped employee handbooks that included a new sexual harassment policy.

«These men will decide whether taxpayers must continue to pay for sexual harassment settlements, whether confidential settlements are banned, and what a new sexual harassment policy will look like.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others lavish praise on the new sexual harassment policy reforms, little has been said about who, exactly, will enforce them?

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers struck a $ 168.3 billion state budget deal late Friday night that includes surcharges on Uber and taxi rides in Manhattan, a tax on opioid makers and a new sexual harassment policy crafted following the launch of the #MeToo movement.

Both Nixon and Molinaro are highlighting women's rights as an issue, and they criticize the Governor's private budget meetings with three male legislative leaders, where the state's new sexual harassment policies were also decided.

In early April, with hundreds of New York City's elite gathered at a power breakfast at Cipriani Wall Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo extolled the merits of the state's new sexual harassment policies, calling them a model that would be «binding on every government in the State of New York.»

Mr. Flanagan was also criticized for approving a new sexual harassment policy that added an admonition to false accusers, which led some Albany observers to question whether the Legislature's heart was behind the measures.

A surcharge on Uber and taxi rides in Manhattan, a tax on opioid manufacturers and a new sexual harassment policy were all up for consideration Wednesday as New York lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo work to pass a new state budget before a key Sunday deadline.

For all the frustration surrounding the final stages of talks, there was still important legislation being passed, including a new sexual harassment policy and billions in funding for agencies.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers struck a $ 168.3 billion state budget deal late Friday night that includes surcharges on Uber and taxi rides in Manhattan, a tax on opioid makers and a new sexual harassment policy crafted following the launch of the #MeToo movement.