ALBANY – Former Assembly chief counsel Michael Boxley, who was indicted for rape almost two years ago, has been denied a license to sell insurance in New York, The Post has learned.
The state Insurance Department, in a certified letter dated Jan. 28, told Boxley that his “demonstrated untrustworthiness” made him unfit to work as an insurance agent.
The letter, signed by Assistant Deputy Insurance Superintendent Salvatore Castiglione, noted, “Disapproval of your application has been recommended by the examiner in charge on the grounds that you have demonstrated untrustworthiness to act as an agent within the meaning and intent of the Insurance Law.”
Castiglione told Boxley, once one of the most powerful figures in the Legislature as the top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, that he had 15 days to appeal.
Boxley told The Post that he had filed an appeal last week.
Boxley, 45, was accused of rape by two young female Assembly employees over a two-year period but was only arrested after the second allegation two years ago.
He pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge of sexual misconduct in late 2003 under a plea bargain that kept him out of jail but required him to be placed on the state’s sex-offender registry.
His victim, a 22-year-old aide to a Democratic assemblywoman, bitterly denounced the sentence as too lenient.
Boxley, once one of the best known figures at the Capitol, has been struggling to find steady work since his conviction, sources close to him say.
“I’m pressing forward with my life, both personally and professionally,” said Boxley.