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Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 10:48 Written by rslcpol Monday, 11 May 2009 10:48
From Newsday.com:
State Senate Majority Whip Kevin Parker, who has a history of violent outbursts, was stripped of leadership posts Saturday, the day after he was accused of attacking a newspaper photographer who had just taken his picture.
Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A. Smith removed Parker (D-Brooklyn) from his leadership post and chairmanship of the Energy Committee and withheld a $22,000 stipend Parker received.
“These are serious charges which demand the attention of the proper authorities, and my decision today will stand until resolution of the proceedings that Senator Parker faces,” Smith (D-St. Albans) said in a statement released by his office.