Craig Steinley, the vice president of the Appraisal Institute, has been accused of sexual harassment by 12 current and former employees of the trade group.

An expose published Thursday by The New York Times surfaced the allegations against Steinley, who is also a former president of the institute. The accusations from multiple women range from lewd comments about their bodies to groping.

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The real estate industry and The New York Times have not been on good terms for a while now. Although the mutual disdain began with the Times’ 2023 expose of alleged widespread sexual harassment and a “culture of fear” at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), things really began to heat up with the Times’ coverage of the commission lawsuits.

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