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ALBANY, N.Y. — The head of the New York State Police on Tuesday announced his abrupt retirement amid an unfolding scandal threatening Gov. David Paterson and his administration.
Superintendent Harry Corbitt in February acknowledged a state police official had contact with a woman who had accused a top aide to Paterson of assaulting her on Halloween in New York City’s Bronx borough.
Soon afterward, the woman dropped the domestic-violence complaint against the aide, David Johnson.
Paterson refused to comment on whether he had asked Corbitt to step down.
