Two adults busted in NYC beatdown on former Gov. David Paterson, stepson: sources

Two adults were nabbed Monday in the Upper East Side beatdown on former Gov. David Paterson and his stepson — the final suspects busted after two boys, 12 and 13, surrendered over the weekend, police sources said. 

Travor Nurse, 40, who is accused of slugging Paterson, and a 34-year-old woman whose name is being withheld pending charges were apprehended in the Friday night attack on the pair on Second Avenue near East 96th Street, the sources said.

Two boys — a 12-year-old who faces a second-degree gang assault rap and a 13-year-old charged with third-degree gang assault — turned themselves in on Saturday, cops said. 

Former NY Gov. David Paterson held a press conference outside his residence. Robert Miller

The attack unfolded when Paterson, 70, and his wife’s 20-year-old son, Anthony Chester Sliwa, spotted the crew climbing a fire escape shortly before 9 p.m., sources said at the time. J.C. Rice

A third boy, 14, was not charged after cops determined he was not an aggressor.

“Governor Paterson and his family are glad to see the suspects turned themselves in,” a rep for the ex-gov said in a statement after those arrests. “We hope that the young people involved learn something from this unfortunate encounter.” 

The attack unfolded when Paterson, 70, and his wife’s 20-year-old son, Anthony Chester Sliwa, spotted the crew climbing a fire escape shortly before 9 p.m., sources said at the time.

Two boys, 12 ad 13, were previously busted in the beatdown. W.A. Funches Jr./New York Post

The pair confronted the ruffians, who then attacked them, the sources said. 

The group of suspects “had a previous interaction with [Paterson’s] stepson,” according to Paterson’s spokesperson Sean Darcy.

The ex-governor, who is legally blind, sustained a head injury, while Sliwa suffered a face wound and took the brunt of the attack, sources said.

Former Gov. David Paterson and stepson Anthony engaged in a verbal altercation with a group of unidentified individuals on a sidewalk. DCPI

Paterson and Sliwa were both hospitalized “as a precaution.” J.C. Rice

The attack unfolded when Paterson and Sliwa confronted the crew for climbing a fire escape. WireImage

They were both taken to NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center “as a precaution,” Darcy said.

Paterson, who served as New York’s governor from 2008 to 2010, is married to Mary Paterson, the ex-wife of Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.

Sliwa and his ex-wife, Mary, share one child, Anthony.

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