Both the New York City Council and the New York State Legislature enacted significant and far-reaching 2018 legislation to specifically address the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. This column discusses and provides an overview of these laws, their impact on co-ops and condominiums, and the steps that boards and managers should take in order to comply with the same and protect the entity and boards from liability. This column also previews enhanced anti‑harassment legislation introduced in the NYS Legislature in 2019.

Workplace Anti-Sexual Harassment: Policy and Training (2018)

New York State and New York City adopted by far the most stringent and comprehensive legislation in the United States dealing with this issue—the first state to adopt such ground-breaking legislation.