Jimmy Vielkind and Marie J. French report in Politico New York that more than a thousand sexual harassment complaints the past six years in New York state government entities have cost taxpayers more than $6.4 million. "That includes 54 cases settled for a combined $5,552,880, according to records obtained from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office; 18 out-of-court settlements tallied by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, totaling $693,691; a $60,939 judgment by the state's Division of Human Rights; and a confidential and controversial $103,080 payment in 2012 for misconduct by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez," the Politico story says. That does not include what agencies spent on legal defense, and also cases at state government bodies such as court system and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. So New York taxpayers actually doled out much more in sexual harassment cases. Some of the people experiencing the harassment, "have found their reporting hurt their careers." Currently Albany legislators are considering writing new rules. “My gut is, at least for those who work for the Legislature or the executive, we have not set up a system that works," State Sen. Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, said. "It is not clear that they have anyone to go to but a person who reports to the head of the Senate, the Assembly or the executive. So by definition, that is a problematic model.” Read the full story in Politico New York.