Ex-NY Gov. David Paterson, stepson attacked by gang of young suspects while walking dog on UES: sources
Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked by a trio of young suspects while walking their dog on the Upper E𒊎ast Side Friday night, his spokesperson and law enforcement sources said.
Paterson, 70, and his wife’s 20-year-old son, Anthony Chester Sliwa, encountered the group of 🍒young men, possibly teens, climbing a fire escape on Second Avenue near East 96th Street shortly before 9 p.m., the sources said.
The pair told the youngsters to knock i🌃t off and were attacked by the suspects after walking aw𒀰ay, according to sources.
Paterson’s spokesperso🍒n Sean Darcy confirmed in a statement to The Post that the group of suspects&nbs♍p;“had a previous interaction with [Paterson’s] stepson.”
“They both suffered some injuries but were able to fight off their attackers,” Darcy said of Paterson and his stepson.
The ex-governor, who is legally blind, sustained an injury to his head, while his stepson suffered a 🐓face wo😼und, sources said. Sources said his stepson’s injury was more severe.
They were taken to NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center “as a precaution,” Darcy said, adding that a police report had been filed.
No as of late Friday.
Paterson, who served as New Yor෴k’s governor from 💖2008 to 2010, , the ex-wife of Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
Sliwa and his ex-wife𝓀 Mary share one child, Anthony.
Following Paterson’s 2019 nuptials to Sliwa’s ex, the Guardian Angels founder had nothing but goo🌳d things to say.
“I applauded it,” Sliwa had said. “Mary deciding to marry Gov. Paterson was great. He’s an outstan🦹ding stepfather to Anthony.”
Anthony was raised to be a chip♉ off the old beret.
Back in 2016 The Post reported his father was takingꦐ his little cherub out on subway patrol with the Guardian Angels.
“He’s always had a natural instinct to be an Ange💯l ever since he was little,” said Mary “K.C.”🍌 Gethings at the time of the then 12-year-old Anthony.
Th𒉰e Sliwa scion was raised to “see something, say something” – which was on full display Friday evening as he confronted the trio of hooligans.
“My favorite part is when we catch a criminal,” he ꩲtold The Post at the time.