Assemblyman Gabryszak resigns amid sexual-harassment allegations (Updated) | Politics on the Hudson
Shelly Silver finally wins one.
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 12, 2014 | Government, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
Shelly Silver finally wins one.
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 3, 2014 | Gender Rights, Government | 0 |
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/whiteboard/albany/2014/01/8538185/gabryszak-calls-hearing-sexual-harassment Dennis Gabryszak will push for a public hearing into a series of sexual harassment charges against him, his lawyer told...
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 3, 2014 | Gender Rights, Government, Politics, Public Policy | 0 |
Either, [Assemblywomen] are out of touch or reluctant to look in-house at their male leadership.
Read Moreby Michael | Jan 2, 2014 | Gender Rights, Government, Public Corruption | 0 |
NY1 News reports that embattled “Assemblyman Micah Kellner of Manhattan is appealing an ethics panel’s ruling that he sexually harassed his staff members. He’s now requesting a public hearing on the matter with...
Read Moreby Michael | Dec 27, 2013 | Crime, Elections, Government, Political corruption, Public Corruption | 1 |
[H]onor and integrity have remained in shockingly short supply [in the State Legislature].
Read Moreby Michael | Dec 24, 2013 | Elections, Government, Political corruption, Politics, Public Corruption | 0 |
Bronx Democratic DL Yudelka Tapia fined for running Council campaign on city time.
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 10, 2013 | Elections, Government, Politics, Public Policy | 2 |
Assembly Speaker Silver’s leadership in question The ethics commission inquiry by the organization known as JCOPE is expected to probe how the Assembly handles allegations of sexual harassment. “There are procedures...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 28, 2013 | Elections, Government, Media, Politics, Public Policy | 1 |
My remarks to the AP are cited: Pardon our sarcasm, but the only person who doesn’t seem to be aware of the ongoing sexual harassment problem in the Legislature is Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The latest revelation of sordid...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 26, 2013 | African Americans, Elections, Government, Politics, Public Policy | 0 |
LAST LOOK: City & State columnist Michael Benjamin weighs in on Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s role in the Micah Kellner scandal in a video interview with Jon Lentz: http://bit.ly/16a2oYl...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 24, 2013 | Elections, Government, Public Corruption, Public Policy | 1 |
AP report in Newsday quotes my remarks on the sexual harassment matter involving UES Assemblyman Micah Kellner and the Assembly lawyer accused of covering it up. Former Democratic Assemblyman Michael Benjamin said [Assembly...
Read Moreby Michael | Jun 25, 2013 | Government, Politics | 0 |
Back in late May, it looked as though my former Assembly colleague Crystal Peoples-Stokes needed Olivia Pope to get out a media jam. Watch news anchors rip her responses re Shelly Silver. Buffalo TV station WGRZ —...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 4, 2012 | Crime, Politics, Public Policy | 4 |
Earlier today I was interviewed by CBS New York reporter Tony Aiello about the Vito Lopez sex harassment scandal swirling around Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. When the video becomes available, I’ll post it. NEW...
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