Pressure Builds for Spitzer To Resign
ALBANY — A top Republican state lawmaker is threatening to push for impeachment proceedings against Governor Spitzer if he doesn't resign in the next 48 hours because of a sex scandal.
Mike Groll/AP
The New York Assembly's Republican leader, James Tedisco, speaks at an Albany press conference yesterday.
The Assembly's minority leader, James Tedisco, said the state can't have the governor's prostitution scandal hanging over its head.
Mr. Tedisco would need support from the Democratic majority in the Assembly to get articles of impeachment to the floor.
The scandal erupted yesterday when a law enforcement official identified Mr. Spitzer as "Client 9" in an alleged prostitution ring. "Client 9" paid thousands of dollars to spend an evening with a call girl named Kristen in a glitzy Washington hotel.
