Bronx City Councilman Andy King's purple reign of sexual harassment and bullying against staffers and his defiance of those who tried to hold him accountable came to an end Oct. 5 when his colleagues voted 48-2 to expel him, making him just the second member of the body in the past 71 years to be ejected from office.
The Council last October opted not to exercise its rarely-invoked power to kick out a misbehaving member, instead voting to suspend him for a month, fine him $15,000, and require that all actions taken by his office for the remainder of his term be approved by an outside monitor.
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