March 29, 2021

Cuomo’s Textbook Violations of His Own Sexual Harassment Law

Senior Associate Alex Berke published “Cuomo’s Textbook Violations of His Own Sexual Harassment Law” in the Daily Beast this weekend.

“Bottom line: Whether or not you personally feel that Cuomo’s actions can be excused, they appear to have violated multiple provisions of the NYS Human Rights Law, which is designed to create a safe workplace for all people. If the governor’s actions go unpunished, it is a clear demonstration that the law does not apply to him."

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Associate Alex Berke quoted in Mother Jones on Defamation and Sexual Harassment

February 18, 2020
Sexual Harassment
Alex Berke, an employment lawyer in New York, says she asks men what their goal is when they come to her after being accused of sexual harassment. Will a lawsuit really stop people from talking about them?

NYC Commission on Human Rights Clarifies Work Protections for Independent Contractors and Freelancers

January 30, 2020
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New York City's Commission On Human Rights has published new information for freelancers and contractors working in the city.

The Rhetoric of Choice Obscures Our Social Obligations to Parents

January 30, 2020
Paid Family Leave
FMLA
Pregnancy Discrimination
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Who should foot the bill or take responsibility for social reproduction as more women were pressed into the workforce, government or the individual? In the US, the answer was resounding: the individual. And this has had significant consequences for working parents since. By placing the responsibility on the individual, almost always the mother, parents have been in a bind for decades and any "choices" available reside in an astonishingly thin sliver of options constrained by structural inequalities

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