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Now the new Governor Paterson is admitting he and his wife each had extramarital affairs.

WTF is it with these people?

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AND... a NYC Councilman pleads guilty to sex abuse:

Councilman Dennis Gallagher pleads guilty to sex abuse

Red-faced and whispering, City Councilman Dennis Gallagher angrily pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor sex charges for assaulting a woman in his campaign office.

As part of his plea deal, Gallagher, 43, will not serve jail time for forcible touching and sexual abuse. He agreed to resign from office by April 18 and undergo alcohol counseling.

"While I was intoxicated I intentionally and forcibly touched intimate parts of the complainant and subjected her to sexual contact without her consent," the Middle Village Republican said in a barely audible voice in Queens Criminal Court.

"My conduct was wrong and I apologize to the complainant," he said, but refused to look at the woman, who was sitting in the gallery with her husband.

The 53-year-old victim did not speak, but Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Applebaum read a statement in which she said her July 8 encounter with Gallagher changed her life forever.

"I will never recover from the pain, anguish and humiliation I have suffered," the statement said.

"He has scarred me for life, and he took away my dignity and self-esteem. This man should never be put in a position of trust again."

The pol met the woman in a neighborhood bar and took her back to his campaign office.

An indictment charging him with rape and sexual assault was thrown out last month, and prosecutors offered to let Gallagher plead to misdemeanors.

Gallagher has to give prosecutors a letter today certifying that he will step down.

Arnold Drucker, a lawyer for Gallagher's accuser, said his client is contemplating suing the disgraced pol in civil court.

Outside court after the proceeding, Gallagher's lawyer Benjamin Brafman blasted prosecutors for overcharging the case initially.

"It should never have been charged as a rape," he said. "My client is unhappy because he is a fundamentally good man who made a terrible mistake as a result of having too much to drink."

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