Both New York State and New York City have recently enacted new legislation that targets sexual harassment in the workplace.

New York employers of all sizes, including real estate property managers and owners, are grappling with a game-changing paid family leave law that has the potential to permanently alter the employment landscape. Under the New York Paid Family Leave Act, effective as of Jan. 1, 2018, employees can take up to eight weeks of paid family leave due to a “qualifying event” and receive 50 percent of their average weekly wage during that time.