ALBANY – State Senator Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat arrested in January for allegedly punching a New York City traffic officer, has had his pass allowing easy entry into state buildings temporarily suspended, officials said yesterday.

Mr. Parker’s access pass, which also allows him into a special parking area, was suspended by the state Office of General Services until March 28 for repeated violations of security regulations, according to OGS spokeswoman Jennifer Morris. It’s the first time a state lawmaker has had privileges suspended, she said.

A telephone message left for Mr. Parker yesterday by the Associated Press was not immediately returned.

According to a report in yesterday’s New York Daily News, OGS decided to suspend Mr. Parker’s pass after he went through an emergency door leading to the Legislative Office Building carrying what appeared to be a large painting and triggering an alarm.

“The door was unsecured until a representative of the State Police could be dispatched to secure the door,” a top OGS official wrote to Mr. Parker in a March 11 letter obtained by the Daily News.

The letter said that in the past, Mr. Parker had also used his swipe card to admit “multiple individuals.” The cards are supposed to admit only the holder to the government buildings in Albany.

Mr. Parker can use regular visitor entrances to the Capitol and Legislative Office Building while his swipe card is suspended. That means Mr. Parker will have to go through special security screening, as does the general public, to enter those buildings.

Mr. Parker was arrested in January on a third-degree assault charge stemming from a dispute with a traffic agent who was writing up the senator for an alleged double-parking violation on a Brooklyn street.

There have been other problems involving Mr. Parker, elected to Senate in 2002 and once an aide to H. Carl McCall, the former state comptroller. Among other things, a former aide to the Mr. Parker said he physically assaulted her and later threatened her.

While the Senate can sanction members and take away extra pay they receive for leadership or committee work, the chamber has no provision for removing members from office unless they are convicted of a felony, according to John McArdle, a spokesman for state Senate Republican Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.

There was no immediate comment yesterday from state Senate Democratic Minority Leader David Paterson on Mr. Parker’s latest problem.

Mr. Parker was the subject of a report in Sunday’s editions of the New York Times in which City Council Member Kendall Stewart told the newspaper that the senator “clearly has a problem with anger management. He needs to sit down with a professional who will help him understand that he has to act senatorial.”