An Assemblywoman from Western New York has been sanctioned by the Assembly ethics committee on charges she sexually harassed a male staffer.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who released the news of the punishments after the Assembly had left for the week, said Angela Wozniak will be issued a public letter saying she violated the Assembly’s Policy Prohibiting Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation. Wozniak is a freshman who is a member of the Conservative Party but caucuses with the Republicans. She represents the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga.
Wozniak is also ordered to “cease publicizing details of the investigation” and to stop “making disparaging statements against the former staffer who accused her of harassment." The staff member will be placed in a comparable job in the Assembly at the same rate of pay. Wozniak is also prohibited from having any interns in her office.
Wozniak replaced Dennis Gabryszak, who was also accused of sexual harassment by several female staffers, and resigned.
