Two boys, 12 and 13, arrested for Manhattan gang attack on former Gov. Paterson

Two boys, ages conscionable 12 and 13, person been charged with pack battle for the onslaught connected erstwhile Gov. David Paterson and his stepson connected the Upper East Side.

The boys surrendered to constabulary with their parents Saturday night, a time aft the clash adjacent the erstwhile governor’s apartment. A 3rd teen besides surrendered but has not been charged.

The teens’ names person not released by cops due to the fact that they are underage.

Paterson recounted the assault successful a property league Saturday afternoon, describing however helium and his stepson fought disconnected a radical of astir 9 radical aft his stepson quarreled with immoderate of the attackers earlier successful the evening.

Paterson, 70, who is legally blind, and his 20-year-old stepson Anthony Sliwa — the lad of Guardian Angels laminitis and former mayoral campaigner Curtis Sliwa — were walking connected Second Ave. astir 8:30 p.m. Friday erstwhile the radical confronted them adjacent E. 97th St., cops said.

About 45 minutes earlier, Sliwa was retired by himself walking his dog, Bella, and argued with 3 members of the radical aft spotting them scaling a occurrence flight connected the broadside of a building, Paterson said.

Paterson and Sliwa were headed to the McDonald’s erstwhile the aforesaid 3 confronted them, flanked by astir six others, Paterson said.

They argued, and a woman, who Paterson estimated to beryllium astatine slightest successful her 30s, confronted his stepson, past threw the archetypal punch, the erstwhile politician said.

“This conscionable wasn’t an incidental involving young radical who were getting retired of hand,” helium said.

The young Sliwa, who was scheduled to instrumentality his purple loop trial astatine the Guardian Angels’ martial arts dojo this week, held his ain but soon became overwhelmed by the fig of attackers.

“I got punched successful the look a mates times and I got punched successful the shoulder,” Paterson said. “But the idiosyncratic who punched maine connected the shoulder, I threw them against the McDonalds model myself.”

Paterson suffered bruises and immoderate symptom to his head. Sliwa, besides battered and bruised, received a chopped articulator that required 5 stitches, Paterson said.

The NYPD aboriginal Saturday released surveillance footage of 5 suspects successful the hopes idiosyncratic would admit them.

It wasn’t instantly wide if the 2 teens arrested were included successful those photos.

Cops are asking anyone with further accusation to telephone Crime Stoppers astatine (800) 577-TIPS. All tips volition beryllium kept confidential.

Paterson was lieutenant politician nether Gov. Eliot Spitzer and took implicit arsenic politician successful March 2008 aft Spitzer resigned mid-term pursuing a prostitution scandal. Paterson was New York State’s archetypal Black governor. He served the remainder of the term, until the extremity of 2010, but did not question reelection.