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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Tue Oct 6, 2020, 12:16 PM Oct 2020

Andy King Files Lawsuit After Being Expelled From NYC City Council

NY1 News

For the first time in decades, the City Council voted to expel one of its own on Monday — Bronx Councilman Andy King, who was accused of sexual harassment and misusing Council resources.

Before the 48-2 vote, King gave a rambling half-hour speech, pleading with his colleagues to vote the other way.

After they didn't, King filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging he was a victim of unlawful conduct in the workplace and racial discirmination.

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King also went so far as to cite Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas—who faced accusations of sexual harassment himself during his confirmation to the high court in 1991—calling the process a “high tech lynching orchestrated by my political enemies to satisfy their agenda.”