"The Committee on Rules, Privileges, Elections, Standards and Ethics charged the Republican lawmaker from Queens with "engaging in disorderly behavior" and violating the Council's anti-harassment and discrimination policy. Paladino, 71, has five days to provide a written response, and she will be scheduled to appear before the committee in the coming weeks."
"Pending further action by the committee, the full Council could vote to censure or fine Paladino, expel her from the Council, or impose other sanctions, according to the Council's rules. Such measures would require a two-thirds vote of the Council."
"In a post Tuesday evening on X, Paladino accused the ethics committee of responding to "political pressure" from City Council Speaker Julie Menin and pursuing an "unconstitutional scheme to violate my First Amendment rights." "Make no mistake, this mockery of the First Amendment will not stand," she wrote."
The New York City Council's ethics committee has formally charged Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino from Queens with engaging in disorderly behavior and violating the Council's anti-harassment and discrimination policies due to repeated Islamophobic posts on social media. Paladino has five days to submit a written response and will appear before the committee in coming weeks. Depending on the committee's further actions, the full Council could vote to censure, fine, expel her, or impose other sanctions, requiring a two-thirds majority vote. Paladino responded by claiming the charges violate her First Amendment rights and accused the ethics committee of responding to political pressure from City Council Speaker Julie Menin.
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