ALBANY – A married upstate assemblyman got caught with his virtual pants down – busted by XXX-rated e-mails he dashed off to a 19-year-old intern in which the besotted lawmaker admired the teen’s “little cheerleader move” and longed to be her “human lollipop.”
In one November 2003 sex message to “blueskies588,” Assemblyman Sam Hoyt made it embarrassingly clear the two shared not only an interest in the people’s business, but in lusty sex and personal hygiene.
Titled “what i wish,” the Democratic assemblyman’s list included: “. . . that i could be painting your toenails right now . . . that i could see you do that little cheerleader move . . . that i could be your human lollipop . . . that i could take a shower in your shower with all that girly stuff.”
The Assembly’s Ethics Committee rushed behind closed doors yesterday to discuss sanctioning the married Buffalo dad of two.
The cyber sex scandal blew up Tuesday night after a Western New York political blog posted a handful of the titillating e-mails detailing the liaison the horny Hoyt had four years ago with the teen staffer.
“It was even better for me,” one March 2004 shorthand e-mail from Hoyt reads. “ty [thank you] for doing the bikini walk. i thought to myself as others were checking you out, she woke up next to me this morning!”
The committee huddled for 2 1/2 hours after receiving referrals from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and Joe Illuzzi, the blogger who first posted the missives.
There’s a wide range of sanctions the panel could administer, including public censure and the stripping of leadership posts and stipends.
Hoyt, facing a tough primary challenge, did not respond to requests for comment.
“I’ve reconciled with my family, and I’m pleased to report I am happily married,” Hoyt told The Buffalo News after releasing a statement that stopped short of admitting the lusty tryst.
“No rules were broken. No laws were broken. I broke my marriage vows,” he declared.
Ethics Committee members refused to discuss the case, but said they had reached no decisions.
“There’s a possibility” Hoyt could be punished, said Committee Chairman William Magnarelli (D-Syracuse).
The quick involvement of the committee startled many observers around the Capitol, who attributed it to Silver’s rare primary fight this year.
A former legislative staffer backing a Silver opponent has repeatedly assailed the longtime speaker during the campaign for ignoring reports of sexual assaults by Silver’s former chief of staff.
Others pointed out there’s no love lost between Silver and Hoyt.
Hoyt participated in a failed attempt to oust Silver as speaker in 2000.
The e-mails suggest the affair began in late 2003 and fell apart in June 2004, when the intern, who is assigned to another upstate lawmaker, accused Hoyt of cheating on her.
“How many girls do you have exactly???,” the intern wrote. “I hate you. I knew you were lying, but I was so stupid . . . you scumbag . . . f— off . . . leave me alone and go be with your other girlfriends.”
The affair predates the Assembly’s May 2004 ban on fraternization after a series of scandalous late-night encounters between lawmakers and interns.