Healey says NY attorney general 'right' to resign

NEW YORK (AP):

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says the resignation of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was "absolutely right" following allegations of violence against women by the fellow Democrat.

Healey has joined Schneiderman in several lawsuits against the Trump administration and Healey told reporters yesterday that the work of their offices will forge ahead.

Healey signed on to a lawsuit led by Schneiderman last month challenging the administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the federal census.

Healey called the allegations against Schneiderman "troubling and disturbing" but says the office of attorney general is always bigger than one AG.

Long Island prosecutors say they are also investigating allegations of abuse by Schneiderman.

Four women accused the Democrat of physical violence in a New Yorker article. The women say some of the alleged abuse occurred in the Hamptons in Suffolk County and one says he drove drunk there.

Two of the women went on the record and said Schneiderman hit them without their consent and often after drinking.

The women described being slapped and choked, verbally abused and threatened by Schneiderman.

Neither woman filed police complaints, but both say they sought out medical attention.

Schneiderman has implied his conduct was either welcomed by the women, or was not as they described.

Schneiderman says he engaged in "role-playing and other consensual sexual activity", but didn't assault anyone. He didn't address the drunken driving claim.

New York police Commissioner James O'Neill says they will work with the district attorney's office on investigating the allegations in New York.