Cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees in violation of federal and state laws,” New York Atty. The report also detailed, for the first time, allegations that Cuomo sexually harassed a female state trooper on his security detail. New York state regulations say sexual harassment includes unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature — whether it’s unwanted flirtation or sexual jokes — that creates an offensive work environment, regardless of a perpetrator’s intent. His office has said he took the state’s mandated sexual harassment training but has not provided documentation proving he did. Alleged victims no longer have to meet the high bar of proving sexual harassment is “severe and pervasive.”

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2021 15:21 UTC