NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
RULE 2.75b COMPLAINT REPORT
Council Rule 2.75b
“The Speaker shall publish an annual report within the Council for the first Stated meeting in
February disclosing complaints of workplace sexual harassment, as defined by the Council’s
policy or policies prohibiting discrimination and harassment established pursuant to rule 2.70a.
Such report shall track for each preceding calendar year the number of complaints alleging
workplace sexual harassment and the dispositions of such complaints. The annual report shall not
contain any personally identifiable information.”
Council Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy (Excerpts)
“Sexual harassment, a form of gender-based discrimination, is unwelcome behavior based on a
person’s gender, and is prohibited by this Policy and applicable law.
Sexual harassment includes any statement or gesture by a supervisor linking sexual favors to
employment decisions. For example, this includes when a supervisor engages in unwanted sexual
advances or propositions in the form of requests for sexual favors accompanied by implied or overt
threats concerning an employee’s job performance evaluation, a promotion, or other job benefits
or detriments.
Sexual harassment also includes any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature by anyone an
employee interacts with in the course of their employment. This includes, but is not limited to: (1)
physical acts of a sexual nature (e.g. touching, pinching, patting, kissing, hugging, grabbing,
brushing against another employee’s body, or poking another employee’s body); (2) sexually
oriented gestures, noises, remarks or jokes, or comments about a person’s sexuality or sexual
experience; and (3) displaying sexually demeaning or pornographic materials anywhere in the
workplace, including on workplace computers or cell phones.
Furthermore, sexual harassment includes derogatory comments or hostile actions directed towards
an employee based on their gender even where such comments or actions may not be of a sexual
nature (e.g. yelling, name-calling, and interfering with an employee’s ability to perform their job).
This can include comments and actions based on gender stereotyping.”
The Policy also states, “Harassment prohibited by this Policy may include some offensive acts or
remarks even if they are not so severe that they violate federal, state, or local anti-discrimination
laws.”
Complaints filed or reported in 2018 (total)
Internal Council complaints
Complaints substantiated
Complaints not substantiated
Complaints against external entity (non-Council)
Complaints for which action taken against external entity

10
6
4
2
4
4