{"id":23701,"date":"2015-02-06T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23701"},"modified":"2015-02-06T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T16:55:20","slug":"we-taxpayers-fork-over-545k-to-settle-sexual-harassment-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23701","title":{"rendered":"We taxpayers fork over $545K to settle sexual harassment lawsuit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title-div\">\n<h3>Against (former and good riddance) Assemblyman Vito Lopez? Wait. Why are WE paying? Shouldn&#8217;t Lopez be paying? Boy this pisses me off.<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the irritating abstract from today&#8217;s New York Law Journal:<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Assembly to Pay $545K to Settle Harassment Suit<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em><small class=\"authors\"> The Associated Press<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><time> February 6, 2015<\/time> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row main-page-div\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"span7 stalkerOffset \" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p class=\"article-text basic-article-text\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>New York state taxpayers will pay $545,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two former legislative staffers who said they were sexually harassed by their boss, former Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-text basic-article-text\">But here&#8217;s the full story from the New York Times &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/06\/nyregion\/harassment-suit-against-former-assemblyman-vito-lopez-and-sheldon-silver-is-settled.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150205&amp;nlid=42227813&amp;tntemail0=y&amp;_r=0\">Harassment Suit Against Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and Sheldon Silver Is Settled &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-text basic-article-text\">Seems like Vito did pay a share. A very small one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against (former and good riddance) Assemblyman Vito Lopez? Wait. Why are WE paying? Shouldn&#8217;t Lopez be paying? Boy this pisses me off. Here&#8217;s the irritating abstract from today&#8217;s New York Law Journal: Assembly to Pay $545K to Settle Harassment Suit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23701\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[60,438,659],"class_list":["post-23701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-employment-lawsuits","tag-sexual-harassment-lawsuits","tag-workplace-harassment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(Former) Assemblyman Vito Lopez presumably sexually harassed some women legislative aides. They sued. 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