Top NY State Republican Busted For DWI 1 Week After His Anti-Drinking Op-Ed Was Published

A week ago, the top Republican in the New York State Assembly, Brian M. Kolb, published a guest column in a local newspaper warning against the dangers of drunken driving, especially during the holidays, noting that “tragedy can be only one bad decision away.”

Mr. Kolb, 67, personally proved his point days later when he was arrested and charged with drinking and driving on New Year’s Eve.

Mr. Kolb, the Assembly’s Republican minority leader who represents a district outside Rochester, found himself offering a follow-up story of sorts on Wednesday, in the form of a statement admitting to his mistake.

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Mr. Kolb was driving his state-issued 2018 GMC Acadia just in front of his home around 10:30 Tuesday night in the town of Victor, N.Y., about 15 miles southeast of Rochester, when he drove into a ditch, the Ontario County Sheriff Kevin Henderson said. Sheriff Henderson said one of his deputies, called to the scene by a passer-by, administered several field sobriety tests and then took Mr. Kolb to the county jail.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/nyregion/ny-legislator-drunk-driving.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage