Silver: Assembly might expel accused member
ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Tuesday that legislators could choose to expel a fellow member accused of sexually harassing young female staffers, accusations that the embattled assemblyman said were politically motivated to destroy his “credibility and election options.”
Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez on Tuesday broke his silence about the allegations from four female staffers and said he won’t give in to demands to step down.
“Outside individuals and interest groups have asked me to resign,” Lopez said in a written statement, his first since he was censured Aug. 24 by the Assembly. “I believe the people should decide who should represent them. I will not capitulate to those self-serving tactics and demands.”
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