A man and a woman were arrested on Monday in connection with the recent attack on former New York Governor David Paterson and his stepson, officials said.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) said at a press conference Saturday that Paterson, 70, and his 20-year-old stepson, Anthony Sliwa, were walking in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan around 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday when a group of people attacked them. Paterson and Sliwa suffered minor injuries in what police described as a “gang assault.”
Two suspects—a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy—were arrested on Saturday and charged with gang assault in connection to the attack. The names of those suspects were not released.
On Monday, police said a 40-year-old man was charged with gang assault and assault, while a 34-year-old woman was charged with gang assault.
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Paterson, who is legally blind, served as governor from 2008 to 2010 after former Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal. Paterson is a Democrat and was New York’s first Black governor.
Anthony Sliwa is the son of Curtis Sliwa, a former Republican mayoral candidate and founder of the Guardian Angels, an anti-crime group.
Describing the attack during a Saturday press conference, Paterson said that Sliwa had seen some of the attackers trying to climb a fire escape while walking the family dog on Friday. Sliwa told the group to stop or he would call the police, according to Paterson. Sliwa was then involved in an altercation with one person in the group.
Paterson later joined Sliwa for an evening walk when they encountered the same group, although two adults had joined the group. An argument broke out, and two of the people in the group attacked Paterson and Sliwa.
The former governor said that his stepson suffered a cut to his face that required stitches while he also had minor injuries.
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