Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the attack on former New York Governor David Paterson and his stepson Anthony Sliwa.
The couple turned themselves in at a New York City police station on Saturday night along with their parents.
The teens face charges of second-degree assault after attacking Paterson, 70, and Sliwa, 20, while they were walking the family dog on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Friday night.
Earlier on Saturday, clear footage was released showing a gang of youths prowling the streets of the Upper East Side on Friday night, moments before the attack occurred.
Patterson and Sliwa were near Second Avenue around 8:30 p.m. when they were attacked by the group.
Footage has been released showing five young thugs prowling the streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Friday night.
Former New York Governor David Paterson and his stepson Anthony Sliwa were walking down an Upper East Side street when the two attacked
Among the bullies was a girl who was seen in a video with purple braids. Along with the images, the New York Police Department released photos of the suspects believed to be responsible for the attack.
Sliwa suffered minor injuries after being assaulted by four men and a woman, police said Saturday.
The former Democratic governor and Sliwa were treated at a nearby hospital for minor facial injuries and released early Saturday, the New York Police Department said.
Paterson, who is legally blind, also suffered minor injuries to his body.
In a statement, police called the attack a “gang assault” and sought the public’s help for more information.
Paterson served as governor from 2008 to 2010, taking office after Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned following a prostitution scandal. Paterson was the state’s first black governor.
At a news conference Saturday near the scene of the attack on Second Avenue, Paterson said he and his stepson were walking the dog when they first encountered some of the attackers.
The NYPD posted images of the suspects on social media asking for the public’s help in identifying them.
Former New York Governor David Paterson and his 20-year-old son were injured by five suspects at approximately 8:30 pm on Second Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Police were at the scene looking for evidence that could help them locate the suspects.
He told them he would call the police if they did not stop climbing the fire escape of a building.
Later, Paterson said, he and his stepson, the son of Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, took a second walk and encountered the group once again near East 97th Street around 8:30 p.m.
They had an argument with the gang before two of them attacked the couple.
“He was holding off as many other people as he could, but then it became four-on-one, five-on-one, six-on-one, and the experience knocked him to the ground and stunned him,” Paterson. saying.
“They punched me a couple of times in the face. They punched me in the shoulder.
Paterson said her stepson fought off several attackers, but ended up with a cut on his face that required several stitches.
‘When they insulted him and then started fighting with him, he didn’t back down. And I think that took a lot of courage, a lot of courage,” Paterson said.
Anthony Sliwa, 20, is the son of Guardian Angels found Curtis Sliwa, seen left
Police arrived at the scene shortly after the attack which occurred on Friday night around 8:30 p.m.
Evidence markers are seen at the location where Paterson and Sliwa were attacked.
The group was seen loitering outside a McDonald’s.
Police are hopeful that the relatively clear images will lead to the arrest of the suspects.
Sean Darcy, a spokesman for Paterson, said in a statement that Paterson and Sliwa were able to fend off their attackers.
Paterson and his wife, Mary, “are grateful for the quick police response time and the outpouring of support they have received from people across the spectrum,” Darcy said.
Paterson said neither he nor his stepson knew the attackers and do not believe the attack was based on Paterson’s political history.
‘This is another attack that is affecting the Upper East Side, which used to be a very safe place to live. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from and unfortunately the governor and my son were victims of this,” said Anthony’s father, Curtis Sliwa.
“There are no rules anymore: anyone, even the elderly, is at risk of being attacked.”
Curtis Sliwa, founder of the anti-crime group The Guardian Angels, has offered to help in the search for the attackers. He appears in the photo with his son, Anthony, who trained in martial arts.
Sliwa, who founded the anti-crime group The Guardian Angels, has offered to help in the search for the attackers, but believes that soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would release them on bail even if they are caught. .
“I know what’s going to happen: If they get arrested, Bragg will release them like he always does and they’ll be free to do it again and again,” Sliwa said, noting that he’s planning another run for mayor.
“That’s why I’m running,” Sliwas told the New York Post. ‘I’m the only law and order guy running. Everyone else does everything they can to help the criminals.
Crime dates in New York City show that the number of assaults is up 5 percent compared to this time last year and a whopping 40 percent compared to 2019.