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“Libraries are a bastion of democracy and we’re here for everyone,” said Regional Library Manager Amy Eggler, noting that in addition to defending story hours, she has defended the right of the Proud Boys, a group that has advocated the shutdown of the government, to reserve public library rooms.

Melissa Eggler, who met Vercnocke as a vendor at a local handcrafted bazaar, said, “She is always the first one to step up to help or to participate in an artistic event happening in town, and she is a very loud and proud advocate for fellow artists.”

The employee, Bill Eggler, 48, may have done some of his postings on state time, according to the Assembly, which said he had acted on his own when writing comments under the name Sophia Walker.

He appears to have used the name Sophia Walker in other contexts — for example, listing her as the editor in chief of an offbeat blog with which Mr. Eggler is affiliated.

In a comment posted earlier this month to a story published by The Times Union of Albany, Mr. Eggler, under the Walker name, praised Mr. Silver’s handling of sexual harassment accusations against Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez.