Coalition renews demand Ivey-Soto be stripped of committee assignments

A coalition of advocacy organizations renewed its demand Friday that leaders in the New Mexico Senate strip Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto of his interim committee assignments amid allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct.

The group, which released a new Facebook video on the issue, made a similar request last month to no avail. It said the issue has taken "increased urgency" because the Albuquerque Democrat is scheduled to chair a meeting of the New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee on Monday and Tuesday.

Ivey-Soto also chaired a meeting of the committee two weeks ago.