NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson had been attacked in New York Metropolis on Friday evening, authorities mentioned.
The incident occurred simply earlier than 9 p.m. on Second Avenue close to East 96th Avenue on the Higher East Aspect, in line with the New York Metropolis Police Division.
Police mentioned officers had been despatched to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they discovered a 20-year-old man affected by facial accidents and a 70-year-old man who had head ache. Each victims had been taken to a neighborhood hospital in steady situation.
In an announcement, a spokesperson for the previous governor mentioned the 2 had been attacked whereas “taking a stroll across the block close to their house by some people that had a earlier interplay along with his stepson.”
The spokesperson mentioned that they had been injured “however had been in a position to battle off their attackers.”
Each had been taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police mentioned no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, getting into the put up after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made historical past on the time because the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.