Sentences with phrase «over sexual harassment scandals»

He joins a growing list of male investors and tech executives who recently lost their jobs or faced public shaming over sexual harassment scandals as more women come forward to report incidents — a trend experts say is reshaping how Silicon Valley deals with allegations of inappropriate behavior.

The state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, is believed to be discussing whether to investigate Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez and possibly the Assembly Speaker, over a sexual harassment scandal.

The state's ethics board held a closed door meeting Tuesday and is believed to be discussing whether to investigate Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez and possibly the Assembly Speaker, over a sexual harassment scandal.

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The police in London and New York said they're looking into complaints involving the disgraced film producer — the latest turn in a scandal that has consumed Hollywood over allegations of sexual abuse and harassment.

Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long has a TV spot that takes Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to task over not calling for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to resign in the ongoing Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal.

Silver, who would become the longest - serving speaker in state history next year, has survived previous ethical scandals, including widespread complaints over his handling of sexual harassment charges against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the earlier conviction of his top aide, Michael Boxley, on a charge of sexual misconduct.

Among the issues was a lack of forceful response to the sexual harassment scandals that have engulfed the Democratic conference over the last several years.

Constitutional activist Bob Schulz squared off with a lawyer for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a fight over taxpayer cash spent to settle ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual harassment scandal and the state constitution.

THOSE SCANDALS FORCED INTERNAL DEBATES over the effectiveness of the Assembly's sexual harassment policy, and in 2013, amid the scandals, Silver convened a task force to reexamine the guiSCANDALS FORCED INTERNAL DEBATES over the effectiveness of the Assembly's sexual harassment policy, and in 2013, amid the scandals, Silver convened a task force to reexamine the guiscandals, Silver convened a task force to reexamine the guidelines.

The move represented an effort by the Assembly to appear more transparent as it grapples with criticism over its handling of a sexual harassment scandal centered around one of its most prominent members, Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic chairman.

In response to the barrage of corruption and sexual harassment scandals over the last decade, the Legislature has also dramatically revamped the way it approaches its ethics and sexual harassment training, according to Assemblymember Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Nassau County and former chair of the Assembly's ethics committee.

On the bus, a reporter from Newsday asked Cuomo about the criticism from Republicans over Cuomo's handling of the sexual harassment scandal involving former assemblyman Vito Lopez.

The second set of proceedings in less than a week come after Governor Andrew Cuomo, among others, called on the ethics panel to investigate a sexual harassment scandal that centered on Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was censured by an assembly committee over alleged sexual harassment charges.

In less than a week, the mounting scandal over allegations of sexual harassment and...

The New York venture capital firm Lerer Hippeau is poised to take over most of the stranded 25 companies in the portfolio of a competing firm that lost its partners in a sexual harassment scandal.