Legislation introduced in response to allegations of violent behavior of former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman toward women with whom he had sexual relationships that would make those actions eligible for criminal charges is gaining momentum among state lawmakers in New York.
The bill would add a definition of criminal sexual harassment to the state’s penal code, which would define the charge as a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to nearly a year in jail.
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