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New York State Assembly Republicans to Pick New Leader After Kolb Steps Aside
Kolb was charged with driving while intoxicated after allegedly driving vehicle into ditch on New Year’s Eve
Republicans in the Democrat-dominated New York state Assembly will start the legislative session with a new leader after Brian Kolb, who spent the last 10 years running the minority conference, said he would step down from the post.
Mr. Kolb relinquished his leadership position Friday, three days after he was charged with driving while intoxicated near his home in upstate Ontario County. The sheriff’s department said it arrested Mr. Kolb after he allegedly drove his state-owned SUV into a ditch near his home in Victor on New Year’s Eve. His arrest came a week after he penned a column in a local newspaper warning about the dangers of drunken driving.
Mr. Kolb apologized for a “terrible lapse in judgment” and said he planned to keep his seat. No one was injured in the crash.
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Members of the conference said they expect to meet Tuesday to settle on a new leader. Three men were jockeying for the post, and Assemblyman Will Barclay, a Republican from Oswego County, said he was feeling confident about his chances.
“I’ve gotten support from all across the state,” Mr. Barclay, 51 years old, said Sunday.
Mr. Barclay said that if he were successful he would build on Mr. Kolb’s tenure and speak out against Democrats’ fiscal and criminal-justice policies. There are currently 42 Republicans and 105 Democrats in the chamber.
“We’re trying to get out there every message we can showing how the state is not heading in the right direction,” Mr. Barclay said.
Mr. Kolb contacted individuals in the conference in the days after his arrest and was met with pointed questions, several members said. Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, from Dutchess County, said the DWI charge compromised Mr. Kolb’s ability to lead.
“If Republicans don’t have law and order and defense of the taxpayer as part of our brand, what do we have?” Mr. Lalor said. He wanted an aggressive leader focused on winning seats.
He said he would support Assemblyman David DiPietro, of Erie County, because he saw Mr. Barclay as too closely aligned with Mr. Kolb. Mr. DiPietro has been marketing himself as an outsider willing to speak up loudly for the Second Amendment and against abortion, according to his adviser Michael Caputo.
The third contender was Assemblyman Steve Hawley of Batavia, in Genesee County. He said he learned of Mr. Kolb’s resignation on Friday evening while volunteering as an announcer at a basketball tournament hosted by the local Rotary Club.
He made a few calls between the consolation and championship games, but was unable to really work the phones until Saturday. By that time, Mr. Hawley recounted, most of the members he reached had already committed to Mr. Barclay. Mr. Hawley said he agreed to support Mr. Barclay on Sunday.
Mr. Barclay comes from a political family. His father, H. Douglas Barclay, served two decades in the New York state Senate and was named ambassador to El Salvador by former President George W. Bush. Both the father and son work at Barclay Damon, a Syracuse law firm with roots dating back before the Civil War.
Will Barclay chairs the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee and is the ranking GOP member on the chamber’s Ways & Means Committee. He was first elected to the Assembly in 2002.
In his resignation statement, Mr. Kolb said he was seeking professional help “in order to heal, learn and fully address the challenges that I, along with my family, currently face.” He said it was the right time for a new conference leader.
In a text message on Sunday, Mr. Kolb added that he would be supporting Mr. Barclay.
THE QUESTION: Mr. Kolb’s decision to relinquish his leadership post got us thinking about other Assembly leaders. Who was the chamber’s longest-tenured speaker?
—Know the answer? Leave a comment!
THE LAST ANSWER: Former New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt was known to mix gin martinis and Manhattans.
Write to Jimmy Vielkind at Jimmy.Vielkind@wsj.com
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