A New York assemblyman and longtime advocate for the disabled has settled a federal lawsuit alleging his disabled son was hit and verbally abused at the Long Island group home where he lives. The suit, settled for $120,000, was filed last year by Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and his wife, Ellen, who claimed that AHRC Nassau was responsible for an employee they allege repeatedly abused their son Ricky, now 55. AHRC is a local chapter of the nation’s largest provider of service to people with developmental disabilities. According to an internal report cited in the lawsuit, staff members told investigators that they saw Dwayne Edwards hit Ricky Weisenberg in the back of the head, flick his ears and neck with his finger and call him "nasty and worthless" and derogatory names. The internal report concluded "the allegation of physical and psychological abuse is substantiated," according to the suit, which sought compensatory and punitive damages.