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O'Donnell is expressing regret for making the sexist remark after Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz did not speak up at a Tuesday Codes Committee meeting in Albany.
The remark by O'Donnell follows other allegations this year of misbehavior by Democratic members in a legislative chamber historically plagued by sexual harassment.