Former NY assemblyman acquitted in opioid-pushing scheme sues ex-employer for $1.6M to pay back legal bills

A former Brooklyn assemblyman acquitted in an opioid pill-pushing scheme is now suing his ex-employer to pay him back for the more than $1.6 million in legal bills he racked up in the case.

Alec Brook-Krasny, 61, was acquitted of conspiracy chargeslast July and eventually had commercial bribery...