Vito Lopez will quit as Brooklyn Democratic leader
Assemblyman Vito Lopez, embroiled in a sexual-harassment scandal, yesterday issued a statement saying he would not seek to continue as head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party.
His statement, quoted in the Albany Times-Union, said, in part, “The onslaught of character attacks has put enormous emotional pressures on my family and close friends. I cannot sit by and allow that to continue. … For the sake of loved ones and the Democratic Party, it is important that I take this action.”
However, he added, “I have never sexually harassed any staff, and I hope and intend to prove in the coming months the political nature of these accusation.”