Post by Logan on Mar 11, 2016 5:38:31 GMT -6
ALBANY — A state assemblywoman from suburban Buffalo was punished on Wednesday after an ethics investigation found that she had sexually harassed a staff member in her office.
The assemblywoman, Angela M. Wozniak, a first-term Republican from Cheektowaga, N.Y., who had promised to bring “western New York values to Albany,” was accused of having a sexual relationship for weeks with her director of legislation in June.
Speaker Carl E. Heastie, facing the first high-profile claim of sexual misconduct among his members since becoming speaker last year, ordered Assemblywoman Wozniak to stop speaking publicly about the investigation and to “cease making disparaging statements” about the aide, who was not identified by the Assembly.
Mr. Heastie, a Democrat, said the staff member would be given a new job with comparable pay and benefits, with his salary to be paid from Ms. Wozniak’s staff budget in the meantime. Ms. Wozniak will be barred from having interns, and will also be required to receive instruction about sexual harassment and submit to checks of her office at least twice a year.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/nyregion/new-york-assemblywoman-sexually-harassed-aide-ethics-panel-says.html
The assemblywoman, Angela M. Wozniak, a first-term Republican from Cheektowaga, N.Y., who had promised to bring “western New York values to Albany,” was accused of having a sexual relationship for weeks with her director of legislation in June.
Speaker Carl E. Heastie, facing the first high-profile claim of sexual misconduct among his members since becoming speaker last year, ordered Assemblywoman Wozniak to stop speaking publicly about the investigation and to “cease making disparaging statements” about the aide, who was not identified by the Assembly.
Mr. Heastie, a Democrat, said the staff member would be given a new job with comparable pay and benefits, with his salary to be paid from Ms. Wozniak’s staff budget in the meantime. Ms. Wozniak will be barred from having interns, and will also be required to receive instruction about sexual harassment and submit to checks of her office at least twice a year.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/nyregion/new-york-assemblywoman-sexually-harassed-aide-ethics-panel-says.html