ALBANY — A Buffalo assemblyman accused of having an extramarital affair with an employee spent 45 minutes answering questions before the New York Assembly ethics committee.

The committee refused to identify the subject of their inquiry.

But Democrat Sam Hoyt was the only politician who was not a member of the committee to enter during the nearly six-hour meeting Wednesday.

“We fully cooperated and answered any questions that they had,” Hoyt said as he left the private session. He said he’s “looking forward to putting this behind me and continuing to serve the people of my district and New York state.”

Hoyt was accused by a western New York political blogger of exchanging sexually explicit e-mails during an extramarital affair with a legislative employee who had started her career as an intern.

Assembly rules put in place after several well-publicized scandals prohibit “fraternization” between lawmakers and interns.

Hoyt, 46, has denied violating that rule and blamed political opponents resorting to “the lowest tactics” for bringing the accusation against him.

He has continued to apologize for not upholding his wedding vows several years ago and hasn’t explicitly denied an affair with an employee except to say the woman was not an intern. He won a primary election earlier this month.

Hoyt said he’s been treated fairly by the committee, and while he’s still convinced his conduct didn’t violate Assembly rules, he declined to speculate on any action it might take.

The committee has not acted on his case yet, Hoyt said. The committee adjourned at 4 p.m., but Chairman William Magnarelli of Onondaga County said he couldn’t reveal whether a decision was reached.

The committee may have also considered several other pending cases. Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio of Queens is facing federal charges he took $500,000 in illegal payments. And Assemblyman Greg Ball, a Putnam County Republican, is accused of sexual harassment.

The committee won’t announce its findings, which will be submitted to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democratic. Silver is expected to announce any punishment, but had no developments to disclose late Wednesday.

Reporters weren’t told of the ethics committee meeting. Magnarelli said after the first closed-door meeting on the case a month ago that subsequent sessions would be announced on the Assembly Web site, in accordance with Assembly rules.

Although the meeting wasn’t listed Wednesday under the “Committees, commissions and task forces” section where 40 other panels listed hearings and other public events, the ethics committee meeting was announced under “Bill search and legislative information.”