Lawmaker tweets to GOP legislative aide: ‘Kill yourself!’

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state senator has apologized for what he called a “poor choice of words” after sending a tweet to a legislative staffer urging her to kill herself.
Democrat Kevin Parker’s tweet Tuesday morning instructed Republican aide Candice Giove (jee-OHV’) to “Kill yourself!” It came after Giove took to Twitter to accuse Parker of misusing a Senate parking placard in Manhattan.
Parker, of Brooklyn, quickly deleted the tweet, but not b