Controller candidate Scott Stringer voted to let a pro-pedophilia group keep its tax break

An organization called Zymurgy registered with the state as a not-for-profit corporation, to "foster, promote and advance greater knowledge and understanding of human sexuality." Only later did officials learn that Zymurgy was a front for the North American Man Boy Love Association, which promotes consensual sex between men and boys. And so in 1996, two years after Zymurgy incorporated, a bill revoking its tax-exempt status sailed through the Legislature.

But 19 Assembly members voted "no," including Scott Stringer, who is now battling former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the Democratic primary for city controller. Stringer spokeswoman Audrey Gelman said Monday that Stringer believes "NAMBLA and groups like it are abhorrent and disgusting" - but that he "voted to protect the Constitution."

source: Article 'Exclusive: Controller candidate Scott Stringer voted to let a pro-pedophilia group keep its tax break' by Kenneth Lovett; www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/scott-stringer-voted-continue-nambla-tax-break-article-1.1443477; NT Daily News; 3 September 2013