NY pols mull options after senate candidate quits

By Frank Eltman

Published September 24, 2014 8:40pm ET

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NY pols mull options after senate candidate quits — In this Oct. 2, 2013 photo, David Denenberg meets with Superstorm Sandy victims in Seaford, N.Y. Denenberg, a candidate for the New York Senate, has announced he is withdrawing from the race amid allegations from his former law firm that he created at least $2 million in fictitious client bills. The law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron filed a lawsuit against Denenberg Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. Denenberg has been a Nassau County legislator since 1999. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman) | Frank Eltman

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Democratic senate candidate who quit the race after being sued by his former law firm for allegedly creating $2 million in fictitious client bills and falsifying expenses may run for office in November as a judicial candidate only as a technical maneuver that would remove his name from the Senate ballot, allowing his party to replace him in that race.

David Denenberg said Wednesday that if he happened to win the judgeship, he would not accept the position.

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