New Yorker axes writer in sex flap

RYAN LIZZA, a longtime writer for The New Yorker, was booted from the highbrow magazine Monday amid allegations of “improper sexual conduct.”

Lizza insisted the incident involved a “respectful” relationship with a woman he used to date.

“This decision, which was made hastily and without a full investigation of the relevant facts, was a terrible mistake,” Lizza (photo inset) said in a statement.

A spokesman for the magazine declined to elaborate on the allegations, but said they amounted to “what we believe was improper sexual conduct.”

“We have reviewed the matter and, as a result, have severed ties with Lizza,” the spokesman told the Daily News. “In no way did Mr. Lizza’s misconduct constitute a ‘respectful relationship’ as he has now tried to characterize it,” the accuser’s attorney, Douglas Wigdor, told The News.

Lizza, 43, joined The New Yorker as a Washington correspondent in 2007. He wrote a profile of White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci featuring the official’s profanity-laced tirades. That led to Scaramucci getting fired after just 10 days on the job.Chris