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Paterson, 70, and his stepson, Anthony Sliwa, 20, were attacked
around 8:30 p.m. Friday while they were out for a walk on
Manhattan's Upper East Side. They were treated at a hospital for
minor injuries to the face.
Paterson, who is legally blind, also sustained injuries to his
body.
The two boys were both charged with gang assault. Police did not
identify them by name because they are minors. Authorities have
said at least five people were involved in the attack. They
sought help from the public to learn more about the assault.
Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010,
assuming the post after Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a
prostitution scandal. He was the state’s first Black governor.
Paterson said Saturday that his stepson was walking the family
dog when he first encountered some of the assailants, telling
them he would summon the police if they did not stop climbing up
the fire escape of a building on Second Avenue.
Later, Paterson said, he and Sliwa, the son of Guardian Angels
anti-crime group founder Curtis Sliwa, went for a walk,
encountered the group and argued with them before two of them
attacked Paterson and his stepson.
Paterson said his son fought off multiple attackers, but he
ended up with a cut to the face that required several stitches.
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