NY senator charged in domestic violence incident, stripped of crime committee post
New York State Team
ALBANY - A state senator was stripped of his chairmanship of the chamber s Crime Victims Committee after he was charged Tuesday in a domestic violence incident.
Sen. Luis Sepulveda, D-Bronx, was arrested and charged with Criminal Obstruction of Breathing, a misdemeanor, after an alleged domestic dispute at his home on Saturday, according to the New York Police Department.
Police responded to a 911 call of a domestic incident inside of a Bronx residence between a 40-year old female and a 56-year old male who both stated the other party assaulted them. The investigation is on-going, police said.
NEW YORK (AP) A New York lawmaker in charge of the state Senate’s crime victims committee was arrested Tuesday, police said, after he was accused of choking his estranged wife amid an ongoing.
Sepulveda, who is running for Bronx borough president, turned himself in at the 48th Precinct on Tuesday and is awaiting arraignment, police sources said.
The attack happened at a hotel in Long Island City.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said Sepulveda was removed as chair of the state Senate s Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee. and from his committee assignments.
Assemblymember Nathalia Fernandez is calling for Sepulveda to resign from the New York State Senate and drop out of the Bronx Borough President race. This morning, the New York State Senate Democratic Conference stripped Senator Luis Sepúlveda of his committee chairmanship and assignments amid a domestic violence allegation, Fernandez said. Unfortunately, this is not the first time these allegations have been brought against the Senator. Gender-based violence exacts a terrible physical, psychological, and generational toll on so many vulnerable people we do not need leadership that employs this behavior. We need leadership that empowers women. I am calling for the Senator to drop out of the race for Bronx Borough President and submit his re
State senator Luis Sepúlveda is close ally to Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio
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A New York Democratic state senator closely allied with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders turned himself in to authorities on Monday morning after he was accused of strangling his wife during a domestic dispute.
State senator Luis Sepúlveda, who provided a critical early endorsement to de Blasio during the mayor’s first bid for Gracie Mansion, turned himself in to the NYPD s 48th Police Precinct in the Bronx district he represents, according to local reports. He was accused of strangling his wife during a Jan. 9 altercation and was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing.