The New York City Council voted to suspend Councilman Andy King for 30 days without pay following a damning 48-page report that outlined gross violations of public office while retaliating against former staffers for speaking out against him.

In a 44 to 1 vote against King, the Council also stripped King of committee assignments (King serves as chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee), ordered him to pay a $15,000 penalty, and instituted a monitor to ensure the Council workplace rules at King’s Bronx office are properly followed. The move is a rare vote for the 51-member Council, which hasn’t voted to suspend a member in modern Council history. Council Members Fernando Cabrera and Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., both representing parts of the Bronx, were not present for the vote. The rest of the Bronx Council Delegation voted in favor of the sanctions.

King will be barred from entering his office during his suspension.

The recommendations were set forth by the New York City Council’s Standards & Ethics Committee, which first investigated sexual harassment claims made against King in 2017, resulting in King taking mandatory sensitivity training courses.

The news renders King virtually powerless in a district that covers the northernmost section of the Bronx, which covers Williamsbridge, Edenwald, Co-Op City, and Olinville. King, a Democrat, was sworn into office in January 2013 after succeeding his predecessor, former Councilman Larry Seabrook, who was convicted of extortion and bribery charges in July 2012.

The new investigation determined that King arranged to have staffers reimbursed to attend a yearly retreat that King and his wife, Neva Shillingford-King, hosted in the U.S. Virgins Islands. Part of the official itinerary included the wedding of Shillingford-King’s daughter happening at the U.S. Virgin Islands as well, according to the report, which had substantiated the findings. Shillingford-King, an executive vice president for 1199 SEIU, was also a fixture at King’s office, giving orders to his staff, a violation, according to the report. Shillingford-King did not respond to a request for comment.

Two of King’s staffers also substantiated that he approved one-time Council payments to them, to cover airfare, food, and lodging costs linked to the retreat.

King was also accused of retaliation against staffers for cooperating with the 2017 investigation, even calling out one of his accusers at a meeting he held at his home. He also demanded to know which staffers cooperated with other investigations. When some staffers said they spoke to the Council ethics committee about him, King retaliated. Other staffers who spoke up were told to go home while their emails were terminated without their knowledge, according to the report. One staffer waited at home for five weeks before determining

Before the vote sanctioning King, Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Brammer, introduced a motion to expel King, but was defeated by a vote of 34 to 12.

In a 15-minute speech, King said he did nothing wrong, criticizing the lack of “due process” afforded to him, calling the allegations “downright lies.” The ethics chair, Councilman Steven Matteo, said King was given numerous chances to meet with investigators, but refused to do so. There have been calls for King to resign, notably Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Corey Johnson.

Prior to the New York City Council convening, Johnson said that the monitor will ensure business at King’s office will continue from the time King serves his suspension to when he returns.

Johnson, who arrived to the Council the same year as King called King’s actions the “most egregious thing I have ever seen in my six years in the City Council.”

“Retaliation, a culture of fear, potential misappropriation of Council resources, all of these things and not cooperating with the City Council all along, which shows total disregard for our process,” he said.