Candidate bid to raise N.Y. harass alarm

ALBANY — A Brooklyn Democratic state Senate candidate wants to bring “if you see something, say something” to Albany when it comes to sexual harassment.

Ross Barkan (photo inset), a journalist looking to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Martin Golden in next year’s elections, is set to unveil a women’s rights agenda that includes his pledge to call out any workplace harassment he sees in the Legislature.

“We know this is a major problem in all workplaces,” Barkan said. “But certainly in the political realm we’ve seen repeated sexual harassment scandals.”

Other parts of his women’s agenda calls for the enactment of a state universal health care program, implementation of a statewide ban on asking for salary histories and passage of a bill outlawing discrimination based on gender identity.

Barkan, so far the only declared Democratic candidate preparing to challenge Golden, also wants to ban revenge porn.