Blaz quickly moves to get rid of creeps
AFTER REPEATED inquiries from the Daily News, Mayor de Blasio is closing a bureaucratic loophole that may have allowed serial harassers to keep their city jobs.
De Blasio administration officials said hostile workplace lawsuits brought by city employees often hinder agencies’ investigations of their claims because the Law Department takes over the probes when a suit is filed.
But under a new arrangement that starts immediately, de Blasio officials said city Law Department investigators will now formally share their findings with agencies conducting separate probes.
The change will enable agencies to better track the actions of employees, said de Blasio spokeswoman Olivia Lapeyrolerie.
“We have no tolerance for sexual harassment, and this new procedure is one of many tools we’re using to ensure that harassers are held accountable,” Lapeyrolerie said.
Figures released by the city on April 20 showed that less than 2% of sexual harassment complaints brought by city Education Department employees were substantiated since 2014.