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“The building handing out these fliers is totally politically motivated,” said Tony Rodriguez, 53, who has lived in the complex for more than 30 years. “Lopez is probably doing them lots of political favors in exchange (for) support. Regardless, I would never vote for someone like Lopez.” Source: http://nydn.us/127DeZ2
Vito has accepted substantial contributions from real-state special interests in recent years, and given million in tax-breaks to luxury developers...Vito has helped fuel the gentrification of North Brooklyn and the displacement of local residents. This community deserves better.
Michael McKee, Tenants Political Action Committee
SOURCE: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/group-endorses-vito-lopez-rival-council-article-1.1401529
The Scandal-Plagued Vito Lopez Campaign Forges On
Ross Barkan, Politicker
While two scandal-scarred pols hog the media spotlight, another fallen candidate is laying the groundwork for a return to power.
Vito Lopez, the former Democratic boss forced to resign his Assembly seat in disgrace, raised almost $20,000 during the latest filing period and has filed the necessary signatures to make it on the ballot. And–observers say–he just might win.
“Vito is a highly formidable candidate,” an ally of Mr. Lopez’s opponent, Antonio Reynoso, told Politicker today. “He is the favorite in this race.”
The ally argued that Mr. Lopez’s political base in the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, a sprawling nonprofit empire he founded and helped fund through the years, helps shield him from the scandal...
Despite vehement protests intended to deter him from running, Mr. Lopez would seem likely to concur that his political quest is no fool’s errand. Accused of repeatedly sexually harassing his former staffers, which he denies, Mr. Lopez finally resigned from the Assembly in May, leaving the seat he’d held since the 1980′s. Now he is up against the 30 year-old Mr. Reynoso, a candidate running with the backing of an overwhelming number of unions, elected officials and political clubs in the city.
READ MORE: http://politicker.com/2013/07/the-scandal-plagued-vito-lopez-campaign-forges-on/
Vito to run on tax $$
Taxpayers may soon shell out more than $120,000 to Vito Lopez.
The disgraced former Assemblyman, who’s running for the City Council, has joined the public campaign-finance program, making him eligible for 6-to-1 matching funds, officials said yesterday.
Lopez claims he’s raised $20,135 in eligible funds.
Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/vito_to_run_on_tax_ZBzRv4PrIjDfWo99LR58EI
NY Legislative Ethics Commission Hits Vito Lopez With $330,000 Fine
The Legislative Ethics Commission formally announced its $330,000 fine against former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez for sexually harassing women who worked in his office.
Source: http://nydn.us/1bt1ENm
A Quinnipiac poll reveals that 58% of New Yorkers would not want their daughters to work as interns in the Legislature. Those who’d send young women into the abyss haven’t been reading the newspapers.
Source: http://nydn.us/ZUGDeP
She said she was pressured by Lopez into taking a trip with him to Atlantic City, where he kissed her, then repeatedly rubbed his hands up her thighs. Lopez also frequently asked Rivera to massage his hands and required her to meet with him twice a week after work at bars and restaurants. “Lopez . . . used his public office to commit egregious acts of sexual harassment,” the lawsuit claims.
Source: http://nydn.us/1bcSMeM
Burhans and Rivera filed two lawsuits Thursday, one in federal court and another in state court. The suits accuse Lopez of sexual harassment and charge that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) “aided and abetted” the sexual discrimination, creating a hostile work environment for them.
Source: http://nydn.us/1bcSMeM
