James’ bureau has been a starring dependable successful combating harassment successful New York. In 2021, she investigated intersexual harassment claims against then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Her conclusions, that astir 1 twelve allegations against him were legitimate, led to his resignation.
The allegations against Khan reported by The New York Times included astatine slightest 2 abstracted intersexual harassment accusations, including astatine slightest 1 of inappropriate touching and unwanted kissing.
James hired a instrumentality steadfast to independently investigate, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the matter, and the probe did not find grounds of misconduct wrong the office.
The bureau was archetypal made alert of the allegations respective weeks ago, according to the idiosyncratic acquainted with the “handful” of complaints, and they were not notified straight by the complainants. The idiosyncratic said that nary progressive existent employees, meaning erstwhile the alleged behaviour occurred, the individuals were not employed by the Attorney General’s Office.
In a statement to Gothamist, Khan said his resignation was not related to the allegations, saying helium was readying to permission astatine the extremity of James’ archetypal term. She was re-elected past month.
“After a palmy four-year term, I’ve been slated to permission the bureau for the backstage assemblage astatine the extremity of this year,” Khan wrote. “This is unrelated to an probe which, nevertheless, recovered nary authoritative workplace misconduct. I’m arrogant of each we person achieved implicit these past 4 years successful serving New Yorkers.”
Khan was a spokesperson for James’ run for New York City nationalist advocator successful 2013 and became main of unit aft she took office. He managed her tally for lawyer wide and continued arsenic her main of unit erstwhile she was elected to her existent relation successful 2018.
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