Governor Kathy Hochul signed a suite of bills into law Wednesday aimed at combatting workplace sexual harassment, seeking to clear up the filth in state government left behind after the resignation of her scandal-ridden predecessor Andrew Cuomo.
The three bills establish a toll-free confidential hotline to report workplace sexual harassment, prohibit retaliatory action against employees for opposing “unlawful discriminatory practices,” and bring public employees under the umbrella of the state’s human rights law and its protections against workplace discrimination already in effect for private sector workers.
