Following former Congressman Anthony Weiner’s confession this afternoon, Democratic Mayoral candidate and former City Councilman Sal Albanese released the following statement:

“Since he entered public life, Tony has made a career of misleading New Yorkers rather than improving their lives. When he ran for City Council, he misled them with a racially-charged mailer about his opponent. As a Councilman, he mislead tenants to believe he would support rent control. As a Congressman, he sent sexually explicit photos to women, then told a bold-faced lie on national television, saying that he was an innocent victim of hacking.”

“Now, just 49 days before the election, he admits that he mislead us again. Unfortunately, my other opponents have danced around the issue. I’m not going to do that. I’m calling for Anthony Weiner to do right by New Yorkers and withdraw from the race.”

Republican candidate for mayor John Catsimatidis also called on Mr. Weiner to leave the race.

“The Mayor of New York City should be a leader that all the residents of our city, especially our children, can look up to,” Mr. Catsimatidis said in a statement released. “Anthony Weiner should do what is right for his family and our city and drop out of the race for mayor so we can end this soap opera.”

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)