New York state Sen. Kevin Parker, who heads the state's Standing Committee on Energy and Communications, allegedly got into a scuffle before the meeting, then joked about the meeting being as ...

New York Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, stands at the podium, flanked by Senate members, Feb. 6, 2017, during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

Gov. Kathy Hochul called the rape accusations against Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker “extremely disturbing” Tuesday, but stopped short of calling for the Brooklyn Democrat to step down.

A Democratic state legislator from Brooklyn has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman during a meeting at her house about Haiti relief money, reported the Associated Press on Monday."The ...