Two women who claim they were sexually harassed by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez have filed a new complaint against the state, alleging that the former Brooklyn pol would not have been able to abuse the plaintiffs without the acquiescence of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan.
The new complaint by Victoria Burhans and Chloe Rivera in Manhattan Supreme Court came after their original claim was dismissed on a technicality. Supreme Court Justice Joan Kenney (See Profile) threw out Burhans and Rivera v. Assembly, 155232/13, in March on the grounds that the Assembly itself was not a proper party to the suit (NYLJ, March 12).
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