Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who pressed Bloomberg on the agreements, did not find that explanation adequate. “I hope you heard what his defense was: ‘I’ve been nice to some women.’ “All the mayor has to do is say ‘you are released from the non-disclosure agreements.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg struggled to mount a defense against his company’s policy that prevented a number of women from speaking publicly about allegations of harassment at his company, and refused, when pressed, to release those former employees from the non-disclosure agreements they signed.
“I hope you heard what his defense was: ‘I’ve been nice to some women.’ That just doesn’t cut it,” she replied. “The mayor has to stand on his record and what we need to know is exactly what is lurking out there.” Warren continued to push on the issue. “The question is, are the women bound by being muzzled by you?” she said. “And you could release them from that immediately?
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