Rivals seeking to oust indicted Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson in the Sept. 9 Democratic primary slammed him as unfit for public office during a feisty debate Thursday night.
In an NY1 cable-TV face-off, union coordinator Dell Smitherman confronted Sampson with details of the corruption charges leveled against the incumbent.
“John, you’ve been indicted for stealing $400,000 from victims of foreclosure to fund a previous campaign for DA,” Smitherman said.
“You’ve been indicted for using your Senate seat to try to influence $88,000 worth of tax credits for a liquor store you were secretly owner of,” he added.
Another candidate, Sean Henry, told Sampson, “Your ability to do this job has been impaired over the last two years. Do you think it would have been maybe wiser for you to resign?”