The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay a school district manager $ 200,000 in cash, along with lifetime benefits, to
settle sexual harassment allegations against a former superintendent.
Also on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver admitted an error in judgment for secretly using taxpayer funds to try to
settle sexual harassment allegations against Lopez earlier this summer.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 51 percent of those surveyed say Silver should step aside after he secretly
settled sexual harassment allegations against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
Not exact matches
Conyers, the longest - serving current House member, insists that contrary to a BuzzFeed report, he has never
settled a
sexual -
harassment complaint and vehemently denies the
allegations lodged
against him.
Cuomo, who is positioning himself for a potential 2020 presidential run, wants to prohibit taxpayer funds being used to
settle harassment allegations against individuals, bar secrecy of such settlements, create a uniform
sexual harassment policy for all parts of state and local government and create an anonymous whistleblower tip line for individuals to report misconduct.
The Assembly revised its policies in 2012 following revelations that taxpayers had paid to
settle multiple
sexual harassment allegations against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
The New York Times reported Saturday that at least one
sexual harassment allegation against Lopez was
settled in part with public funds prior to his censure.
The National Organization of Women and the good - government group Common Cause formally asked the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics to look into the circumstances surrounding Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's handling of
sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and Silver's decision to quietly
settle an earlier complaint
against the Brooklyn Democrat with a $ 103,000 payment.
Attorney Gloria Allred says she's cooperating with JCOPE as it investigates the
sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez and why Speaker Silver authorized the payment of $ 103,000 in public money to
settle the case.