A New York state senator had to be taken into custody after allegedly shoving a lobbyist at the Capital Building in Albany before an Energy and Telecommunications Committee meeting.
Michael Carey, a lobbyist seeking support for the 9/11 Civil Rights Act, told Fox News Digital that he was speaking with Democratic Sen. Kevin Parker before the Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications on Wednesday when the altercation occurred. .
Mr. Carey is seeking legislation and approached Mr. Parker ahead of the meeting to ask for his support.
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Specifically, Carey is calling for changes to the state’s developmental disability system. Carey’s son died in state care in 2007.
Carey allegedly tried to explain the situation to Parker before the meeting, but Parker reportedly yelled back, “I don’t care.”
The two were standing about 15 feet apart when Carey asked Parker, “Do you care that my son is dead?”
Parker said a second time, “I don’t care,” Carrie said.
Carey then turned to the others in the room and said, “You heard me, guys. He doesn’t care,” the complaint alleges.
The next thing Carey knew, the hoodie was allegedly in his face.
Mr Parker allegedly lunged at Mr Carey after accusing the senator of not showing remorse for his deceased son. Bystanders then reportedly attacked Parker in an attempt to stop him.
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New York State Senator Kevin Parker announced the state’s commitment to clean energy development and energy efficiency at a press conference. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Parker and state police for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Still, Carey said he filed charges against Parker. He said he doesn’t know how the senator rose to the level of assaulting him, but he hopes he can get help to calm Parker’s anger.
“That’s my hope,” Carey said. “I don’t wish any ill will on the senator.”
No charges have been filed against either man.
After the altercation, Parker was seen taking his seat and joking about the issue at the beginning of a video of the committee meeting.
“There’s always a lot of excitement on this committee,” Parker said. “I don’t know. Someone said my committee meetings were boring.”
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He added that he expects Wednesday’s meeting to be “just as exciting as before the game.”
Last year, Parker was accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman during a visit to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts in Haiti early in his lawmaker career.
The lawsuit, filed in November 2023, alleges Parker assaulted the woman in 2004. She claimed the woman was doing aid work to Haiti, and after they finished discussing her work, she stood up and said her goodbyes.
According to the complaint, the woman claims Parker grabbed her wrist, took her down the hallway, took her to a bedroom, made sexual comments to her and raped her.
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Parker was arrested and charged with third-degree assault in 2005 after punching a traffic officer who had ticketed him for double parking, according to news reports at the time. That same year, she accused Parker of intimidation after her ex-girlfriend’s aides publicly accused him of shoving and punching her while she worked for him.
Parker was also convicted in 2010 on a misdemeanor charge for chasing a New York Post photographer and damaging his camera.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
