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2 off-duty NYC housing authority employees arrested in gang attack on ex New York governor
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Date:2025-04-17 14:49:00
Police on Tuesday confirmed two more people − both New York City employees − have been arrested in connection to a reported weekend gang attack on former Gov. David Paterson and his stepson in Manhattan.
The New York Police Department previously reported officers arrested a 12-year-old boy on a second-degree gang assault charge and a 13-year-old boy on a third-degree gang assault charge in the attack on the former governor, 70, who is legally blind, and his stepson Anthony Sliwa, 20.
Two others, Travor Nurse, 40, and Diamond Minter, 34, were taken into custody and charged with gang assault, police told USA TODAY Tuesday. Both work for the NYC Housing Authority and police said on Tuesday they were both off duty at the time of the attack.
Their employment, bond, and attorney status were not immediately known Tuesday.
USA TODAY has reached out to the city housing agency.
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Former governor and son were walking family dog during attack
The assault took place just after 8:30 p.m. Friday in the city's Upper East Side, and both victims were transported to hospitals to be treated for injuries.
Sean Darcy, a spokesperson for Paterson, said the attack involved people who had a previous interaction with the governor's stepson as the pair took a walk around the block near their home with the family dog.
The former governor and his stepson "were engaged in a verbal altercation" with five suspects, and after the argument, the individuals struck both victims multiple times in the face and body along Second Avenue, officials said.
Paterson suffered injuries to the face and head and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. His son suffered injuries to the face and was also transported in stable condition.
Both were released from the hospital on Saturday, Darcy said.
The boys turned themselves into police after visiting a police precinct with their parents, Darcy confirmed.
Paterson was the 55th governor of New York and the first Black person to step into the state's top political job. Eliot Spitzer's former lieutenant governor, Paterson took over the role after Spitzer resigned in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal. He held the post until 2010.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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