There are two words that can stop this nonsense on the city, state, and federal level: “TERM LIMITS”
In addition to the $103,00 paid out by the Assembly (as in, YOUR TAXPAYER MONEY) in a secret settlement, Lopez also kicked in $32,000 to stop the two female staffers—one of whom was represented by Gloria Allred—and their threats. Still, for Lopez and Silver, they probably saw the secret, possibly illegal settlement as a bargain since the two women had initially demanded $1.2 million.
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