A New York jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a Schenectady woman who was sexually abused by a city bus driver six years ago. The lawsuit, which was filed against the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), alleged the 61-year-old bus driver drove the woman to a remote area about 10 miles north of Albany where he forced her to perform oral sex.

During the civil trial, plaintiff attorneys argued that the CDTA should have terminated the bus driver after several women accused him of sexual harassment. The bus driver served six months in jail for his role in the 1996 assault and in two unrelated sexual abuse incidents in 1995.