NYC: Vickie Paladino (R) charged by ethics committee
The New York City Council’s standards and ethics committee voted Monday to charge Council Member Vickie Paladino for Islamophobic remarks she’s made on social media over the past few months.
The disciplinary process remains in motion. Jack Lobel, a spokesperson for City Council Speaker Julie Menin, said that the council’s Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics specifically charged Paladino with “engaging in disorderly behavior and violating the council’s anti-harassment and discrimination policy.”
The firebrand Queens Republican will now have five days to provide a written response. From there, she’ll be scheduled to appear before the committee in a closed door, executive session in the coming weeks to continue disciplinary proceedings. It’s not immediately clear what sort of tangible consequences may be brought against Paladino upon the conclusion of the process.
The council’s disciplinary process is largely carried out by the nine member standards and ethics committee, which has the power to recommend sanctions like censure, fines or most seriously, expulsion. Any final verdict would ultimately need to be approved by two-thirds of the 51-member City Council.
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