New York Senate Expels Senator Over Assault

February 10th, 2010

The New York State Senate has voted to expel a senator for the first time in almost a century, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

It said the Senate voted 53 to 8 late Tuesday night to immediately remove Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Democrat from Queens, found guilty of misdemeanor assault in October for dragging his girlfriend down the hallway of his apartment building