Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley is seeking a court order to remove Irondequoit Town Supervisor Andraé Evans from office.
Under the state’s Public Officers Law, a district attorney can petition to unseat a town officer for “any misconduct, maladministration, malfeasance or malversation in office.” The petition seeking the ouster of the first-term supervisor was filed Wednesday with the state’s Appellate Division.
Evans, a Democrat, has been accused of sexual harassment and retaliation against a town staffer. Those claims were supported by an internal investigation commissioned by the Town Board, which censured Evans and referred the findings to Doorley, a Republican.
He is up for re-election this year, facing a June primary against town board member John Perticone , and has rebuffed board members’ calls to resign …