Maloney to Decline Attorney General Interview with State Assembly
Cold Spring, NY – Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) released the following statement announcing that he would decline to interview with members of the New York State Assembly for appointment as Attorney General.
“The Assembly is fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to select someone to serve the remainder of this Attorney General term. I intended to participate in the Assembly’s process out of respect for those proceedings and because I am currently considering whether to run for the office later this year. But, because Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood has entered the Assembly’s process — and she is a tremendously qualified candidate who could serve out the remainder of this term free of any political considerations — I have decided to support her bid to fill the vacancy between now and the election.
“Come November, the people of New York will decide who will be the next Attorney General, and I will decide soon whether to run for that office.”
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney is the first openly gay member of Congress elected from the State of New York. Previously, he was a partner at two global law firms and ran a high-tech business. He also served as a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and two Governors of New York.
