Lawmakers seek to end "severe or pervasive' standard for sexual harassment

ALBANY — A new bill seeks eradicate the "severe or pervasive" standard that is required for a claim of sexual harassment to be considered workplace discrimination in New York state law.The legislation, introduced by Assemblywoman Nily Rozic and Sen. Andrew Gounardes, both Democrats from New York City, addresses a long standing discrepancy between legal recourse available for victims of workplace misconduct in New York City and victims in the rest of the state.The thresholdhas "arbitrarily