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NY Assemblyman accused of sex harass resigns
The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors and join him in hotel rooms said Saturday he will resign rather than possibly be expelled from the Legislature amid sexual harassment allegations. The announcement by Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez, 72, a once ...
FAULTED FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT, LEGISLATOR WILL QUIT ALBANY
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, the once-powerful Brooklyn Democratic leader who has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, infuriated elected officials in Albany and New York on Friday by suggesting that he would seek to remain in office through the ...
LOPEZ SAYS HE WILL RESIGN, BUT CALLS FOR EXPULSION CONTINUE
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat who was facing possible expulsion from the Legislature for allegedly sexually harassing female employees, said Friday that he would resign from the Legislature and instead run for election to the New York City Council. ...
NY Assembly speaker to propose Lopez removal
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will introduce legislation on Friday recommending that state lawmakers expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexual harassment. Silver will also ask the Assembly to consider the full Joint Commission on Public Ethics report, which was critical of Silver's handling of the Lopez ...
Cuomo disclosure shows $1.8M or more in assets
A financial disclosure report by Gov. Andrew Cuomo shows he has assets ranging from about $1.8 million to $2.1 million. The statement for 2012 made public Thursday by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics shows the Democratic governor with a blind trust worth between $1.75 million and $2 million in ...
Feds offer deal to NYer accused of pol threats
Two months of plea bargaining has led to an offer from prosecutors that could avert a trial for a man accused of making death threats on Facebook against some of the nation's best-known politicians. A lawyer for defendant Lawrence Mulqueen said after a court session Thursday that "there's been a ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The Times Union of Albany on judges using special license plates on their vehicles. May 14 It may not be unethical for judges to put vanity plates on their cars signifying their position, but it sure looks bad. And as the most prominent representatives of our system of justice, judges ...
NY Senate GOP says murder convict bolsters case
New York Senate Republicans say Monday's murder conviction of a Philadelphia abortion doctor bolsters their opposition in Albany to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion proposal. Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos (SKEHL'-ohs) says the conviction shows the danger of passing a proposal by Senate Democrats that would expand late-term abortions and what ...
Despite aid boost, more budget pain for NY schools
A recent offering on the Wyoming Central School District's monthly lunch menu may have seemed routine anywhere else: a hot dog and corn. But it merited a special note in the western New York district — because it was hot. The 147 students in the farm country town have gotten ...
Spire installed on WTC tower, making it 1,776 feet
The World Trade Center's rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall, its height an homage and a bold statement about looking forward. The new 1 World Trade Center reached that height with the lowering of a silvery spire from a crane ...
Correction: Campaign finance story
In a story May 7 about campaign finance violations, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of an official with the Brennan Center for Justice. He is Larry Norden, not Norton. A corrected version of the story is below: Gassing up twice a week in New Jersey? Hiring Turdo the ...
Carl Paladino wins Buffalo school board seat
Outspoken developer Carl Paladino, with the same never-back-down style that propelled him to the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, has won an open seat on the Buffalo school board. Unofficial election results posted Tuesday evening by the Erie county Board of Elections showed Paladino winning the seat with nearly ...
Group cites 100,000 NY campaign finance violations
Gassing up twice a week in New Jersey? Hiring Turdo the magician? Buying smoked meats for Christmas presents? A review of campaign finance reports by The Associated Press shows that's all part of the questionable use of campaign donations that can buoy lawmakers' lifestyles and buy support back home. The ...
Protesters blocked from NY campaign funds hearing
Protesters and good-government advocates were barred from a public hearing Tuesday in which Republican senators bolstered their opposition to using public money to fund campaigns. Federal corruption cases against four Democratic state lawmakers in the last four weeks among 32 over the last seven years intensified both sides of the ...
32 NY officials snared for corruption in 7 years
With the arrest Monday of another former state Senate majority leader, Albany has seen 32 state level officials snared in corruption cases in the past seven years. The fourth arrest in the past four weeks came as the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who campaigned to clean up Albany, had ...
NY pol pleads not guilty in corruption probe
A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office. Sen. John Sampson told the employee — ...
2016: Rare same-state pairings in the early stages
The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan among them. Walker gained Republican Party cult-figure status when he beat back a labor union attempt to oust him from office ...
Local setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race
Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids — Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — suddenly find themselves fending off ...
Cuomo bill targets corrupt officials, employers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released an anti-corruption bill that would not only ban people convicted of bribing a public official from state business for life, but would also bar their law firm, lobbying firm or company. Cuomo's proposal is bold by Albany standards. If enacted, it could be a significant ...
NY ethics board proposes easing disclosure rule
Proposed changes to ethics rules unveiled Tuesday would make it easier for lobbyists to conceal their donors and clients and funders from public view and broaden a ban on gifts to politicians in Albany, where a spate of corruption cases have ensnared state lawmakers. Currently, lobbyists may keep their donors ...
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