Vito Lopez scandal: GOP lawmakers urge Silver to quit
Photo credit: John Meore | NY State Assemblyman Steve Katz (99th District), left, holds a press conference at his office in Maopac, with Assemblywomen Claudia Tenney (115th District), right, calling for the resignation of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, in light of revelations that he used taxpayer funds to secretly pay off sexual harassment allegations against fellow Assembly member Vito Lopez. (Sept. 4, 2012)
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Two Republican state Assembly members are calling on Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) to resign in the wake of a sexual harassment case involving Assemb. Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn).
At a news conference Tuesday, Assembly members Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) and Claudia Tenney (R-New Hartford) said Silver's secretive payments to settle the allegations were "if not illegal, highly unethical" and...
