ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- One of Gov. Elliot Spitzer's advisers has resigned amid an investigation into claims that he threatened a Republican on the state Public Service Commission.
Energy adviser Steven Mitnick confirms that he has resigned from his position in the Spitzer administration.
In April, a PSC member appointed by former Republican Gov. George Pataki said Mitnick had threatened her in an effort to get her to back off efforts to investigate Consolidated Edison over last summer's major blackout in New York City.
PSC member Cheryl Buley says that during one of the agency's public meetings, Mitnick had threatened her career five or six times since Spitzer took office Jan. 1.
Mitnick's resignation is the latest turmoil to hit the Spitzer administration.
The governor has suspended one of his top aides and reassigned another after the state attorney general said the staffers had used state police to keep tabs on the travels of Sptizer's main Republican rival, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
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