Sam Hoyt admits “difficult time” in marriage, says no rules broken

Two years ago when I was running against Hoyt people were calling me and emailing me about this same information. Rumors were sent to me about a love child, his affairs with interns and other things I will not discuss. I was urged to publicize all of this and chose not to. If you can’t run a campaign based on issues then simply don’t run. That is one thing about politics, each has their own rumor mill with sources coming out of the wood work, it is the person or the campaign that takes the high road that should be considered the winner.

I wrote the Bill with Senator Maziarz and gave them all an out and an easy way to do it. Just pass the frikin Bill Sam and people will re-elect you. Do something instead of just talking about doing something, people are getting sick to death of your talk and empty promises.

Capitol confidential » Sam Hoyt admits “difficult time” in marriage, says no rules broken

Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, D-Buffalo released a statement in response to inquiries about an alleged affair with one or more interns.

Recently, accusations and slurs have been made online about my personal life; and like a lot of things on the Internet, much of it is false.

Here’s what is true. Several years ago, my wife and I had a difficult time in our marriage. Since that time, my wife Connie and I have worked hard to put this behind us, and believe the episode to be a painful but private matter best left in the past.

While my past actions were unfortunate, and for which I have expressed to my family my sincere apology, one blogger has alleged that official rules or laws were broken. That simply is not true.

It’s sad that my political opponents have chosen to resort to the lowest tactics by dredging up a private matter from years ago just 21 days before an election. The timing is no accident. They would rather wallow in this type of politics than debate the challenges that face our community.

I am disappointed, but frankly, not all that surprised given the players involved. I leave this in the voters’ hands. It’s my view that the people of Buffalo and Grand Island face more pressing issues than this. My family, who are more important to me than anything, has gone through a great deal to put this in the past where it belongs.

We ask only for the privacy that any other family would be granted under these circumstances — nothing more, nothing less.

The allegations were made on a Western New York politics blog, PoliticsNY.net, which has previously made allegations about Hoyt that have fueled the Capitol rumor mill, but ultimately were never proven. This week, the blog has called for Hoyt’s resignation, and published emails that it claims were exchanges between Hoyt and an intern, dated November 2003 and June 2004. Hoyt neither confirms or denies the validity of the emails published on the blog.

In his statement, Hoyt says that no official rules or laws were broken. In May 2004, the Assembly adopted new rules to prevent fraternization between interns and lawmakers, as well as between staffers and interns.