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Thanks to a number of factors — including lingering resentment from the Senate coup and the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate after his conviction on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his former girlfriend — the gay marriage lobby was successful.
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Monserrate was expelled from the Senate after an assault conviction and then later served prison time on corruption -LSB-...]
Monserrate was expelled from the Senate after an assault conviction and then later served prison time on corruption charges.
The voices calling for state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) to step down after his misdemeanor conviction for assaulting his girlfriend got a little louder this week as the Queens Democratic Party unanimously approved a resolution to that effect Monday.
After calling on state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) to resign following his conviction on a misdemeanor for assaulting his girlfriend, the Queens Democratic Party issued a further rebuke by backing state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) to challenge him in 2010.
Monserrate, who represented the district in the early 2000s, was booted from the state Senate after a 2009 misdemeanor assault conviction for slashing his girlfriend.
Absent his conviction on charges (which have not yet been filed), the Assembly can't follow the lead of the Senate and try to oust him like they did with former Sen. Hiram Monserrate after he was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend.
After his misdemeanor assault conviction, Monserrate, a longtime Espada cohort, became the first legislator expelled in 80 years.
The Times also praised Schneiderman for bucking the Senate leadership in pushing for the expulsion of former Sen. Hiram Monserrate after his misdemeanor conviction for abusing his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo.
Former state Sens. Hiram Monserrate and Efrain Gonzalez Jr. are plotting political comebacks after serving prison time for fraud and conspiracy convictions, sources have told The Post.
In District 21, where Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland is stepping down at the end of her current term, two Democrats are facing off in the primary: Assemblymember Francisco Moya and Hiram Monserrate, a disgraced former state Senator and Council member who is attempting a comeback after a checkered recent past that includes separate criminal convictions on fraud and assault charges.
Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya defeated former Queens Councilman and State Senator Hiram Monserrate, who was expelled from the Senate in 2010 after his conviction for slashing his girlfriend at the time, in the Democratic primary to replace Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who is not seeking reelection.