
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sexual harassment victims are urging New York lawmakers to do more to address the problem during a legislative hearing that supporters say is decades overdue.Lawmakers say Wednesday's hearing in Albany was the first hearing focused on harassment in nearly 30 years.Female lawmakers had demanded the hearing, a request granted after Democrats won control of the state Senate last fall.Harassment has been a particular problem in state government, where legislative staffers say they faced retaliation for stepping forward.Democratic Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, of the Bronx, says victim accounts will help lawmakers craft tougher anti-harassment policies for both the public and private sector.Lawmakers last year approved new anti-harassment policies for government workers and required private employers to adopt policies. Critics noted that women lawmakers weren't involved in writing those rules.