NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) — Two adults were charged Monday in last week's assault on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson on the Upper East Side—days after two juveniles were charged in the attack.
Two NYCHA employees, 40-year-old Travor Nurse and 34-year-old Diamond Minter, were charged in the attack, police said.
Nurse was charged with two counts of second-degree gang assault and one count of assault of a victim 65 or older, while Minter was hit with one count of second-degree gang assault.
Their arrests followed the arrests Saturday of two boys, ages 12 and 13, who were charged with gang assault.
Nurse is suspected of taking part in the attack, while Minter is suspected of egging on the attackers, police said.
The attack happened around 8:30 p.m. Friday at East 96th Street and Second Avenue as Paterson, 70, and his stepson, Anthony Sliwa, 20, were walking in the area. Sliwa is the son of Guardian Angels founder and GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa.
Paterson said Saturday that Anthony Sliwa 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 that night, Paterson said he and Sliwa went for a walk, encountered the group of at least five people and argued with them before they were attacked.
Paterson said Anthony Sliwa fought off multiple attackers but ended up with a cut to the face that required several stitches. Paterson, who is legally blind, also sustained injuries to his body.
The two of them were treated for minor injuries at a hospital.
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.
In a statement over the weekend after the arrests of the two juveniles, the Paterson family said they were "glad the suspects turned themselves in, and they hope the young people involved learn something from this encounter."
"The governor is grateful to see the kids' parents hold them to account," the statement added.