“In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me,” Schneiderman said in a statement. Schneiderman is not the first top-ranking New York politician who was forced to resign following media reports about his personal life. Spitzer, a Democrat who as the state’s attorney general before becoming governor once broke up prostitution rings, was married at the time. Schneiderman, a Harvard-educated lawyer, has been New York state’s attorney general since late 2010. New York state’s constitution calls for the legislature to fill a vacancy in the office of the attorney general.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2018 03:56 UTC