Queens senator Hiram Monserrate was formally expelled Tuesday from the State Senate following a 53-8 vote. The resolution takes effect immediately. Sources say there were two resolutions being considered by state senators as they met behind closed doors Tuesday night. One called for an immediate expulsion, the other would have delayed it until June. Monserrate [...]
State Senate sources tell NY1 a vote on a resolution relating to Senator Hiram Monserrate is likely to come early next week, but it is unclear what that resolution will be. Last month, a senate committee found the Queens Democrat unremorseful following his conviction for misdemeanor assault stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend. The [...]
State Senate Majority Leader John Sampson said he will not decide for at least a week whether to push for the expulsion or censure of Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate. A senate committee made a recommendation that senators should expel or censure Monserrate. Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said a decision is overdue and the full [...]
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s fiancée is asking a judge to lift an order of protection, despite his misdemeanor assault conviction. In a letter to state Supreme Court Justice William Erlbaum, Karla Giraldo’s attorney says the couple wants to resume their “intimate relationship” as soon as possible. Attorney Glenn Marshall says the basis for the order, [...]
Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate said in a statement today that he will cooperate fully with the legislative committee that will decide whether he should remain in the State Senate. Monserrate was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of injuring girlfriend Karla Giraldo but acquitted of all felony charges. Sources tell NY1 that Senate Majority Conference Leader [...]
A judge today found State Senator Hiram Monserrate not guilty on two counts of felony assault in connection with an incident last December where his girlfriend was injured. The Queens lawmaker was found guilty of a reckless endangerment charge, which is a misdemeanor and carries no jail time and no immediate loss of his State [...]
Closing arguments are now underway in State Senator Hiram Monserrate’s assault trial. The defense rested its case Thursday without calling the Queens lawmaker to the witness stand. Defense attorneys said they did not think Monserrate needed to testify, because the burden of proof is on the prosecution. Prosecutors say the senator slashed his girlfriend, Karla [...]
The judge hearing New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s assault case has thrown out two counts. Justice William M. Erlbaum left standing two felony counts and two misdemeanors. They accuse Monserrate of intentionally injuring his girlfriend by smashing her face with a drinking glass — and manhandling her on the way to the hospital. The [...]
Surveillance video released today during the assault trial of Queens State Senator Hiram Monserrate shows the lawmaker dragging his girlfriend through the hallway of his apartment building. The video, which was shown in a Kew Gardens court today, shows Monserrate’s girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, attempting to ring a neighbor’s doorbell, when she is pulled away by [...]
Arguments are set to get underway today in the assault trial of embattled Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate. Monserrate has elected for a bench trial, instead of a jury trial. The lawmaker was arrested in December after prosecutors say he slashed his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, in the face with a piece of broken glass. Both claim [...]
